I was surprised to see so many southern cities on the list. Wasn't it once thought that people who live in warmer climates year-around live healthier lives; according to this list apparently not.
The people who conducted this survey obviously never came here to Albuquerque, NM.
I’d love to see the methodology on these surveys about how they obtain the figures. ‘Drive-by” videos? Weigh-ins at malls? weights gathered at county healthcare centers?
Particularly when cities like Austin ‘shoot up’ in the rankings while others like Houston apparently drop precipitously.
Every time one of these things comes out, our TV stations go crazy with drive-by videos of fat people on the streets.
And Here, for everyone’s entertainment, and maybe a wake-up call, is a musical version of this article.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn52Px_h7_8&feature=related
When humidity is really high and temperatures are well in excess of 90 degrees it’s kind of hard to get outside and get all physically active. If you have air conditioning, as most of us southerners do, you’d be really tempted to stay inside most of the time during our hotter months. Our states tend to be poorer states too. People eat a lot of junk food because that’s what they can afford, and they don’t tend to have a lot of money for gym memberships and fancy activities. Education levels tend to be lower too. Consequently, we are inundated with grossly obese people who sit in their homes avoiding the heat, eating McDonald's and all you can eat buffets and when they do cook at home it’s often BBQ, fried foods, etc., not so healthy stuff.
Southerners may be the worst about it, but Americans in general are too heavy. Travel around the world some and you’ll know your back in America when you land at one of our International airports. On average the people you see will be a lot heavier than those in the airport in the foreign country you were coming from. I went to Brazil a not long ago and was just blown away by how many fat people I saw in the Miami Airport when I got back. Hardly anyone in Brazil is overweight, but here most people are. You see the same thing in other countries too, not just Brazil although people there may healthier than in a lot of other countries. Most anywhere you go though you’ll see far fewer “cows” walking around, far fewer really fat people. You’ll also likely see far less junk food being pushed on people, fewer all you can eat buffets, smaller portions being served at restaurants, and so on.
What's up with that?
I just returned from South Carolina and I didn’t see much fat there.
You want fat? Go to a cold weather state like Michigan where the welfare is easy, heart attacks are measured by the richter scale and people compete with trees for immobility.
Very soon expect to hear Fat Police brown shirts and their jackboots marching down the street searching for offenders. The other sound you will here are the trapdoors closing as Milwaukee Patriots hide overweight people in their basements and root cellars.
I have visited Japan, Korea, and China...China being my most recent, in October.
Not only can you recognize the American tourist by the color of their skin, but they’re easily recognizable by their weight....many were huge.
What a country where obesity can be used to identify poverty.
Yeah, well...nice try, but I’m STILL not sharing my box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies with you, LOL!
I was surprised to see so many southern cities on the list.
I actually wasn't. Ever watch Paula Deen? I enjoy her show, but honestly, everything has lots of butter and mayo and is fried. I don't know if all southerners eat that way, I'm pretty sure they don't!, but apparently enough do! I've been to Florida and had many lovely meals that weren't like that. But who can pass up collards and cornbread and barbecue? Mmmmm, just can't find good collards and barbecue where I am without driving a couple hours. Maybe that's a good thing? ;-)