Obesity isn’t just about weight. It’s a disease and rising to epidemic proportions throughout Pennsylvania.

As the world’s leading strength training resource and news outlet, BarBend seeks to inform readers about health and fitness. Its recent study on obesity rates in Pennsylvania over the last decade is eye-opening.

According to the study, only two counties in the entire state decreased their obesity rates, and one county remained static. The remaining 64 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties increased their obesity rates.

Butler County was among the 64, with a 4% increase in obesity rates since 2012.

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