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Why Are Southerners So Fat?
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| 7/9/2009
| Claire Suddath
Posted on 07/09/2009 9:07:36 AM PDT by freed0misntfree
People from Mississippi are fat. With an adult obesity rate of 33%, Mississippi gobbled its way to the "chubbiest state" crown for the fifth year in a row, according to a new joint report by Trust For America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Alabama, West Virginia, and Tennessee aren't far behind, with obesity rates over 30%. In fact, eight out of the 10 fattest states are in the South. The region famous for its biscuits, barbecue and pecan pies has been struggling with its weight for years but then again, so has the rest of the country. Wisconsin loves cheese, New Yorkers scarf pizza, and New Englanders have been known to enjoy a crab cake or two. So why is the South so portly?
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: dixie; fatties; food; ghettovalues; illegalaliens; obesity; poverty; soulfood; south
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To: Slings and Arrows
I think it’s a narcissist/ego thing.
121
posted on
07/09/2009 9:57:07 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Obama--POtuS.)
To: NTHockey
Like I said, let them bash the South, let them stay up in the snow.
Nothing ruins my appetite more than when I am sitting down to a big plate of fried gulf shrimp, fries, hushpuppies and sweet tea and hear some dumb-ass Yankee start trying to tell a joke and such with that loud obnoxious nasally assh*le voice of theirs, along with the cackling their wives...
Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it ;-)
122
posted on
07/09/2009 9:57:38 AM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(Mitt Romney is a more subtle version of Arlen Specter with better hair...)
To: ejonesie22
"they tell everyone the South is a terrible place to live as they load up the Volvo all but trippin over themselves moving down here.... " isn't that the damn truth...
123
posted on
07/09/2009 9:57:51 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
(embracing Him.)
To: myself6
To: NTHockey
Have you heard about the new diet for ignorant Yankees - loose 10 pounds quickly, chop off your head. Yankees are always telling Southerners to get over losing the war; yet they cant stop talking about it. Yankees are like Sarah Palin bashers - you are filled with hate and one day the barracuda is gonna bite back.
Err.... I live in Tennessee. :-\ You're right - someone is definitely full of hate, but it's obviously not me. :-|
To: freed0misntfree
To: Notasoccermom
Nothin’ better to fry 6 eggs in for breakfast...
127
posted on
07/09/2009 9:59:28 AM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(Mitt Romney is a more subtle version of Arlen Specter with better hair...)
To: Pharmboy; freed0misntfree
So really, the question should be “Why are so many women fat?”.
Perhaps it usually has something to do with the ratio of burned to consumed calories being less than one. Just throwing out a wild idea here...
To: napscoordinator
Better to be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
129
posted on
07/09/2009 10:00:25 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Obama--POtuS.)
To: CPT Clay
don’t forget the RC Cola!
To: freed0misntfree
If Celebrities Moved to Oklahoma
Britney Spears
Ashley Simpson
Cameron Diaz
Michael Douglas & Catherine Zeta Jones
The Beckhams
Gwen Steffani
Hillary Duff
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Lopez & Mark Anthony
Johnny Depp
John Travolta (This in my opinion is the best one)
Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
Pamela Anderson
Paris Hilton
Sarah Jessica Parker (Just horsing around)
Sharon Stone
Tara Reid
Tom Cruise(uhm, k)
131
posted on
07/09/2009 10:01:10 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Bobkk47
132
posted on
07/09/2009 10:01:51 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: napscoordinator
I will meet you half way there and say “some”..
To: Sig Sauer P220
Why do they have such dumb names....ahh wait never mind
To: freed0misntfree
We are so fat because we’re storing up for the Great Famine that’s coming, so when it’s over, we’ll be the only ones left....................
135
posted on
07/09/2009 10:03:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
To: rsobin
...sweet tea.My first thought.
My second thought: no vegetables except on pizza, or in a casserole with cheese or breading. Or both.
My third thought: chess pie.
136
posted on
07/09/2009 10:04:24 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
To: F15Eagle
With banana pudding, sweet tea and cornbread................mmmmmmm!
137
posted on
07/09/2009 10:04:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
To: Jagdgewehr
I briefly lived in Taxachusetts. The state motto is “We’re not arrogant, we’re just better than you.”
To: Bobkk47
139
posted on
07/09/2009 10:06:36 AM PDT
by
Peter Horry
(Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
To: freed0misntfree
Cause they’re happy. Unlike most Yankees.
140
posted on
07/09/2009 10:07:17 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't explain; your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe you anyway)
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