https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/
Wow. That is one depressing chart. Not much any of our states can brag about there. Lets face it, we are simply a fat nation. Even our “leanest” states have obesity of almost 1/4 their population. I think this is something we should all hang our head in shame over, not point fingers at one state or another. 36 states have obesity in over 30% of their population, and quite clearly the problem is spread out all over the US. Sad.
IP
Wow. That is one depressing chart. Not much any of our states can brag about there. Lets face it, we are simply a fat nation.
Yeah, I’ve seen a video that showed an ‘over time’ depiction of a similar map – maybe from this very site as I see you can go back and look at previous years. It is crazy how fast we’ve gone from mostly on target to mostly overweight + obese. Even from 1990 to 2000 almost every state changes colors.
https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/
Wow. That is one depressing chart. Not much any of our states can brag about there. Lets face it, we are simply a fat nation.
A number of years ago a British friend wondered out loud, “why are Americans so large?” “Large” is Britspeak for fat.
When I was in the army in the early '60’s - stationed in Germany - many Germans were overweight. When I went back to visit in the 1970’s it seemed they were much slimmer. There had been a huge government program with lots of coaching, advertising, and training on weight control. One saw signs everywhere, “Trim Dich!” (Trim yourself!) This program was very successful. Such a program would not work here. We are too distrustful of the government. It would be seen as a left wing/right wing power grab.
CNC
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I think this is something we should all hang our head in shame over, not point fingers at one state or another.
And I think that’s a nice deflection, but not so fast. This thread is not about obesity but how, provably and factually and demonstrably, the South is inferior to the rest of the US in social measures. QED.
As they say, the difference between the South and a cup of yogurt is?
A traveler came upon an old farmer hoeing in his field beside the road. Eager to rest his feet, the wanderer hailed the countryman, who seemed happy enough to straighten his back and talk for a moment.
“What sort of people live in the next town?” asked the stranger.
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/traveltales.html#twotravelersan…
It is crazy how fast we’ve gone from mostly on target to mostly overweight + obese. Even from 1990 to 2000 almost every state changes colors.
Coincides pretty strongly with the low fat/high carb craze overworking our ability to process carbs and mounting type 2 diabetes.
After 1980, the low-fat approach became an overarching ideology, promoted by physicians, the federal government, the food industry, and the popular health media. Many Americans subscribed to the ideology of low fat, even though there was no clear evidence that it prevented heart disease or promoted weight loss. Ironically, in the same decades that the low-fat approach assumed ideological status, Americans in the aggregate were getting fatter, leading to what many called an obesity epidemic.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18296750/#:~:text=By%20the%2….
One of the unintended consequences of the Fed Gov pushing food pyramid without data to back it up.
IP,
low carb/keto for over 20 years
Amen to that RH!
I have lived in many places and traveled to many others, always more curious about the way they do things there than trying to improve or correct their way of doing things to the way I did them where I “used to live.” I am constantly shocked at how many people complain about the rudeness they experienced in NYC or Paris, given my great experiences there. Same goes for the “North” or “South” of this country, however that is defined. I feel equally comfortable in rural or urban areas.
But unlike the fellow American woman in Portugal, who when confused over the Escudo that Portugal used for money pre-Euro berated the server in a restaurant with “Why can’t you use REAL money!”, I try to immerse myself in the way things are done where I am and will not hide my weakness of understanding by berating others. I am traveling with a desire to see and understand their ways, not to assert our ways as being better.
It’s a fascinating world. Open your eyes and embrace the differences. Or stay home if all you are going to do is whine and complain. We Americans already have a bad enough reputation out there and don’t need it reinforced.
IP
MEK took offense to my joke… well here it is, explained, and hence no longer funny.
All “y’all” who defended the Southern culture did not refute, and cannot refute, any of these facts.
So the south sucks because of twangy music, catfish and barbecue, college football, guns god and bourbon, and because we’re slightly fatter than the rest of our already fat country.
Got it.
If Southern culture is so great, why are they at the bottom of all social measures…least vaccinated…?
Weird that you use “vaccination rate” as the intelligence test of “social measures.” Do you even notice the racism inherent in your comments, since African Americans are proportionally less vaccinated than whites?
Despite what the liberals like to scream, American is not a racist country.
While it is difficult to measure how racist a country is, those that have tried do not agree with your assessment:
Survey: U.S. Among 10 Worst Countries for Racial Equality
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2021-04-…
Most Racist Countries 2021
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-raci…
Worst Countries for Racial Equality:
…African Americans are proportionally less vaccinated than whites?
With some exceptions. Some data:
https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-…
If they could find a way to deep fat fry sugar cubes, that would be their signature meal.
Someone has https://www.cartooncuisine.com/the-simpsons/fried-sugar/
It’s often followed up by fried butter https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/239140/deep-fried-butter/
AJ
MEK:
So the south sucks because of twangy music, catfish and barbecue, college football, guns god and bourbon, and because we’re slightly fatter than the rest of our already fat country.
Don’t forget, less educated and less vaccinated too.
SuperLiberal:
Weird that you use “vaccination rate” as the intelligence test of “social measures.” Do you even notice the racism inherent in your comments, since African Americans are proportionally less vaccinated than whites?
To me, vaccination rate is correlated positively with belief in science and facts, and negatively with ignorance and an unfounded superiority complex. So yes it’s a social measure.
And if African Americans inthe South are less vaccinated, is that MY racism or the South’s racism? Have I kept them from being vaccinated? Or has the Southern “culture”?
And if African Americans inthe South are less vaccinated, is that MY racism or the South’s racism? Have I kept them from being vaccinated? Or has the Southern “culture”?
African Americans question the vaccine because of well-founded fears that “White doctors be experimentin’ on them”.
https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-s…
White Southerns avoid the vaccine because their political leaders have convinced them it’s a way to “own the Libs”.
intercst
Don’t forget, less educated and less vaccinated too
Yeah, we get it. You don’t like the south and you’ll keep finding reasons to support why. I’ll cancel that gift subscription to Southern Living I ordered for you.
I’m done with this goofy discussion, but leave you with this MLK quote in honor of today. Seems apropos whether you’re black, white, northerner, southerner, American, European, etc:
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
It’s often followed up by fried butter https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/239140/deep-fried-butter/
I had seen this but had chosen to ignore it until now. Remind me again, is IOWA considered part of the South? It seems to be a moving line.
Oh, good, it's state fair fried food season. A new contender for the craziest fried thing: the Iowa State Fair's fried butter on a stick. Fried butter itself is nothing new — it debuted at the State Fair of Texas in 2009, and Paula Deen has her infamous fried butter balls. But this is a whole stick of butter on a stick dipped in a cinnamon honey batter and deep-fried. And then coated in a sugary glaze. It costs four dollars.
https://www.eater.com/2011/8/10/6663841/a-deep-fried-stick-o…
The USA excels in eating cr@p, “from sea to shining sea.”
IP
I had seen this but had chosen to ignore it until now. Remind me again, is IOWA considered part of the South? It seems to be a moving line.
Of course Iowa is notin the South. It is a statistic. Out of the 13 fattest states, 10 are Southern states; in spite of there being only 13 states in the South and 50 in the US.
(I had stated the same thing upthread, but I guess you have to explain things twice to Southerners backspace backspace backspace some people 
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Sometimes it’s OK to concede a point.
… but I guess you have to explain things twice to Southerners
LOL. Yes, I know that my choosing to live in the South makes me an idiot in your book. I view it as a great low cost of living alternative to the great white North, which enhances my early retirement in my 50’s.
If I seem to be ignoring you, I am indeed striving to do so. It would be wrong to take my silence as conceding a point to you, rather just simply being bored with you and your negativity.
Bless your heart. You have a good night now.
IP