Black women are the fattest by race and gender, according to your data...
The Deep South has more blacks, proportionally, than all the other states, and half are women.
Another thing is it is very hot and humid in the long Dixie summer. Too hot to work out outside. If it wasn’t for A/C, I would have moved years ago, at least in the summer—becoming a reverse snow bird!
I like the summer heat. It keeps the relatives away.