Must be that deep-fried butter...
Posted on 11/15/2022 7:41:32 AM PST by Callahan
Is the spiral cut Costco ham I'm serving for Thanksgiving considered to be real food?
Probably the biggest comorbidity with regards to COVID is probably obesity. But we put fat people on underwear commercials and covers of fashion magazines celebrating being obese and we wonder why we have people getting sick for any number reasons and our healthcare costs keep rising.
I’m not surprised to see Indiana at 19. I am surprised we aren’t higher up on this list.
Long lines at McDonalds. . . .the prices are quite high and the nutritious food is off the menu.
Nah, Southerners have always fried stuff but have only gotten fat fairly recently. The problem is the same as everywhere else, which is too many carbs. They’re just so cheap and grabbable nowadays.
Ham is real food. The question is ... what’s on the ham or what is it being served with ... sauce, glaze, etc. The ‘traditional’ glaze/sauces are usually loaded with sugar.
I just bought half a (real food) hog ... pasture raised, delicious.
A simple “prescription”: Be kind to the ones you love, eat REAL food (not processed crap, sugar, vegetable seed oils), and get outside (Vit D, activity).
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Yup. If it comes in a box, it’s probably not food.
You speak the truth. This is a newer phenomenon.
I am Retired and 60YO and I run every day. Don’t eat crap and exercise if you want to have a good life.
How about ignorance?
How about ignorance?
I run everyday, outdoors. A couple times a month I see normally sized people. Most days it is heifers swiping their portable computers while driving. Sad to see people living awful lives.
Looking at the entire list, you see that the western states have the lowest obesity indexes. People tend to be outdoors a lot more and do a lot more outdoor activities year-round.
I’d like to cross reference this with college age population. Massachusetts scores pretty well. It also has lots of colleges.younger people tend to be healthier.
I totally disagree. You could live off of McDonald’s and get fairly balanced nutrition for less than $10/day.
My favorite thing to do is get McDonald’s for lunch, and have someone at work make a comment about it. Then I say, “Look at me. Look at you.” Shuts them right up.
Must be that deep-fried butter...
High % of black people who are obese averaging up the %. Also the South has a horrible extreme carb, fast food and fried food issue. Combine all of that with a culture that largely thinks fitness activities are “goofy” and that’s how you arrive at the phenomenon of tons of fatties.
I think it is sodas. When I go back to Alabama, I am amazed at the amount of full sugar sodas I see obese adults drinking there. It’s almost like the Baptists went full tilt boogie on sugary sodas because they aren’t supposed to drink alcohol.
It really grosses me out to see the constant refills some of these people do. I think some of those people are drinking over 1500 calories a day just on sodas.
Yes! Don’t discount the exercise is strange and nerdy mentality there. Growing up in Alabama, most of the adults thought my fitness routines were a silly waste of time. Usually they were men with huge guts.
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