The United Health Foundation ranked Mississippi the least healthy state in the nation in 2005.

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The United Health Foundation ranked Mississippi the least healthy state in the nation in 2005. So in January, the chairs of the House and Senate Public Health Committee stepped on digital scales in the rotunda and challenged each other to shape up and trim down. During their 10-week self-improvement plan, Representative Steve Holland, who weighed in at 304, and Senator Alan Nunnelee, who weighed 219...