So why the wide divergence between rural and urban populations?
Most rural people eat processed food and fast food.
Urban populations have more anal sex. It’s where homosexuals are concentrated for one thing.
Perhaps rurals don’t have as much co-morbidity with airborne pollutants and high-stress commuting as do metro area people. Rural children have been shown to have fewer allergies than urban children because they build their immunities closer to nature, especially as compared to children with constantly sanitized environments such as the modern two-income professional parents’ homes.
Not in this rural area they don’t-the nearest real fast food/processed food is over 20 miles away, not worth the drive-and most of us are small business/cottage industry owners/workers-so we don’t commute to work in a city-many kids are homeschooled, so mom does have time to cook-fresh, local produce and free-range meat is always available to cook and eat-lots of naturalists out here.
I’m surprised there aren’t more people obese and affected by related ailments-that stupid cereal/grain/carb based food pyramid has had people eating unhealthy crap for decades...