The report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says 33.6 percent of Hoosier adults are obese, giving Indiana the nation's 12th-highest obesity rate.

The number of obese Hoosier adults ticked up slightly, and policies to prevent obesity still lag despite growing awareness.

Indiana continues to rank poorly in a number of health measures and proposals to address these factors could help.

Two Indiana counties have been identified for a community based intervention effort.

A few decades ago, almost half of all students in the U.S. walked or biked. According to a 2009 study, that number has dropped to to one in eight.

Indiana is the 7th most obese state in the nation, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health.