Glia
11-23-2013, 07:31 PM
States where doctors prescribe more antibiotics also have the highest obesity rates. Why?Lately, I've been fascinated by a study on antibiotic prescription rates across the United States that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1212055). The researchers found a surprisingly wide variationamong the states, and the rates—expressed in terms of prescriptions per 1,000 people—seemed to follow a geographical pattern: The Southeast had the highest rates, while the West's were lower. West Virginia had the most prescriptions, and Alaska had the fewest. The rest of the country fell somewhere in between. Here's a map of the findings:
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/maps-antibiotics-prescriptions-obesity-states
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/11/maps-antibiotics-prescriptions-obesity-states