South Carolina Made the Most Unhappy States List

Welp if you live in South Carolina you may not be very happy! South Carolina made the "most unhappy states list." North Carolina did a little better sitting outside the top 15. Check out the full list here.

When you think about the state you live in, do you consider it happy? What makes a state happy may mean different things to different people. A new report has ranked the states to come up with the Happiest and Unhappiest states in America.  24/7 Wall Street reported on those states.

NiceRX came up with their list based on metrics including poverty, mental illness, life expectancy, median household income, a safety score and homicide levels. Based on all of these factors, each state was given a happiness score, ranging from zero to 10, with 10 being the happiest. Topping the list for the happiest state in the country is Hawaii, which has a score of 9.02, thanks to its low rates of serious mental illness as well as having one of the longest life expectancies at 81 years.

Cheer up South Carolina you made the most unhappy states list but you have great beaches! Also you can always visit your brother state up north!

Being overweight is becoming the new normal in America. And if you say that it's quickly referred to as "fat-shaming". I'm not here to tell you to lose weight. I'm not here to tell you you're fat or skinny. Those are all conversations to have with your doctor. But I am here to tell you the facts. And, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 70 percent of U.S. adults (20+) are either classified as overweight or obese. While still lower, rates for children and adolescents are also on the rise. Why should you care? Well, obesity costs our healthcare system $173 billion per year according to the CDC. And a recent study by WalletHub ranked South Carolina as one of the most overweight states.

What is causing this? One main issue is a lack of physical activity. Other factors include genetics, emotional instability, and sleeplessness. To determine where obesity and overweight most dangerously persist, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key metrics. This data set ranges from the share of obese and overweight population to sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents to obesity-related health care costs. And, well it's bad news for South Carolina as we find ourselves ranking as one of the fattest states, near the top of these rankings.

Keep reading to see where South Carolina ranks in the most overweight states. Then you'll see the 10 least overweight and obese states. You can view the full WalletHub study here.

Total Score: 74.60

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 1

Health Consequences: 1

Food & Fitness: 9

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Total Score: 72.33

Obesity &amp; Overweight Prevalence: 2

Health Consequences: 10

Food &amp; Fitness: 1

Total Score: 68.99

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 4

Health Consequences: 8

Food & Fitness: 5

Total Score: 68.95

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 3

Health Consequences: 17

Food & Fitness: 6

Total Score: 68.63

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 5

Health Consequences: 11

Food & Fitness: 3

Total Score: 67.46

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 6

Health Consequences: 12

Food & Fitness: 10

Total Score: 65.66

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 7

Health Consequences: 26

Food & Fitness: 4

Total Score: 63.99

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 7

Health Consequences: 26

Food & Fitness: 4

Total Score: 63.71

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 8

Health Consequences: 32

Food & Fitness: 15

Total Score: 63.43

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 10

Health Consequences: 22

Food & Fitness: 2

Total Score: 62.27

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 11

Health Consequences: 28

Food & Fitness: 8

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 9

Health Consequences: 34

Food & Fitness: 13

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 13

Health Consequences: 18

Food & Fitness: 14

Total Score: 61.51

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 12

Health Consequences: 23

Food & Fitness: 17

Total Score: 60.13

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 16

Health Consequences: 21

Food & Fitness: 18

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 51

Health Consequences: 48

Food & Fitness: 19

Total Score: 43.47

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 49

Health Consequences: 50

Food & Fitness: 34

Total Score: 44.28

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 50

Health Consequences: 44

Food & Fitness: 31

Total Score: 45.90

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 47

Health Consequences: 45

Food & Fitness: 51

Total Score: 47.00

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 44

Health Consequences: 51

Food & Fitness: 41

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Total Score: 48.27

Obesity &amp; Overweight Prevalence: 45

Health Consequences: 42

Food &amp; Fitness: 39

Total Score: 49.97

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 38

Health Consequences: 49

Food & Fitness: 26

Total Score: 50.93

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 43

Health Consequences: 38

Food & Fitness: 27

Total Score: 51.12

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 35

Health Consequences: 47

Food & Fitness: 25

Total Score: 51.17

Obesity & Overweight Prevalence: 37

Health Consequences: 35

Food & Fitness: 43

In order to determine the most overweight and obese states in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Obesity & Overweight Prevalence, 2) Health Consequences and 3) Food & Fitness.

We evaluated those dimensions using 31 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most overweight state. For metrics marked with an asterisk (*), we calculated the population size using the square root of the population in order to avoid overcompensating for minor differences across states.

Finally, we determined each state and the District’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order the states.

Sources: Data used to create this ranking were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Trust for America's Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gallup, Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, National Conference of State Legislatures, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.