How fat is your state?

Mississippi is No. 1!!!!!

A ranking of the fattest states has Miss. No. 1 and Colo. as the fittest state.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-obesity28aug28,1,1925074.story?coll=la-news-a_section


This is the most unbelievably sad part of the whole story:

Just 15 years ago, no state was above 15%!!! That's amazing.

 

My state is not fat! It's just stocky.

 

We're big-boned

 

I never liked those waifer-thin, anorexic states anyway. I like a state with a little meat on its bones.

 

No fair! People in Minnesota have to shovel snow 300 days out of the year. Us southerners pass the time by sipping mint juleps on the porch.

 

Strikes me as kinda counterintuitive how the most obese states are always southern states and the most fit usually northern. Seems like warmer weather would mean being active outside more, sweating more, losing weight more -- but that's obviously not how it works. Must be a cultural thing.

 

Like Moon Pies and RC Colers?

 

Rural Southern poverty = bad food = little motivation = obesity

I see where Alabama is ranked third. A year ago the state tourism department had a big push about "The Year of Food."

Nice. Maybe soon they will have "The Year of Fat Asses and Heart Disease."

 

My state is surrounded by the top ones. I'm surprised it's not in it too.

 

Clearly a Northeast bias in whoever put this shoddy report together.

Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island in the top 5. Does anyone even live in those states?

And the per usual shots at the south in Mississippi, Bama and Louisiana.

If you conduct a detailed analysis of the data, I'm certain this northern bias would surface.

Now, pass the fried chicken.

 

The food doesn't help. Southerners love friend food, and they love making a big deal out of food. You can't cover an event out here without there being an elaborate spread.

Plus, much of what they serve in the South is delicious. So it's not surprising that so many people in the South have weight problems.