According to the 2024 Healthy Georgia Report, which used data from 2022: 40.9% of adults in rural Georgia are obese, compared to 36.7% in urban areas. Georgia ranks 14th in obesity rates nationwide.

MOBILE, Ala. - A Georgia man has been handed a federal prison sentence of more than 17 years for trafficking drugs while in an Alabama prison.Justin Brian Melton, 35, was sentenced to 210 months ...