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Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and Some Tribal Lands     Top Story 
Nov 20, 2009 -- Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation′s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.