Adult diabetes and obesity are two of the most pressing concerns in America today. Taking the USDA's Activity Rates and Health Living dataset, Annette Greiner has made this in depth visualization to call attention to the problem.
About this Viz
The darker the dot, the greater the adult obesity rate. By using the filters on the bottom right of the viz, you can see how the diabetes rate changes based upon the poverty rate, adult obesity rate and racial breakdown of each county. Almost every county in the deep South has a diabetes rate greater than 10%.
Note: We have changed the size of this visualization to fit in our blog.
