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?
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
So there is one....
The heavy cooking is aided and abetted by air conditioning. Otherwise how could you eat all that fried and gravied food in the hot weather?
Suppers a comin’...
I live in Southern California, too. We definitely eat a more healthy diet than the classic southern diet, and the heat's different. For one thing, it almost always cools down pretty well at night. I've never suffered through a 90 degree night in California like I did in the Midwest. And there's nothing like the humidity of the south.
Just the right degree of subtlety there...;’}
The Biggest Loser is casting in Atlanta and Mobile (and new York and San Antonio) this week.
meats: we can fry everything imaginable with a nice thick batter that will hold lots of juice(grease)
we fry veggies, too, green tomatos, squash, okry, eggplant, pickles, mushrooms, and probably much that I cant think of right now, but you get the picture: we know how to cook anything and make it bad for you.
Quote of the day!
“Why Are Southerners So Fat?”
Why are Northeasterners wussies?
WOW! that has got to be one of the dumbest statements ever proclaimed to be fact.
This person has obviously never been to a grocery store and seen that fruits and vegetables cost a FRACTION of what it costs to buy a big mack meal at MacDonald's. When you go out to eat, you are basically saying to the world I am wealthy enough to have my own personal chef.
Here in LA it's the same. That Steve Martin comedy movie where the LA guy got in his car to go next door isn't far off. I had a coworker who lived two blocks from work and drove every day. You should've heard her whining if her car was in the shop and she had to walk. She'd usually get someone to drive her to work. (She was in her 20s, and not disabled or obese.)
I also had a friend who lived right across the street from her son's middle school. Yep...they got in her car and she drove him across the street.
I'm from the south, but I don't care who ya are...that there is funny!
ditto
This is all you need to know about the "study."
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation led the charge in demonizing smokers (to sell their "smoking cessation" drugs), so now they're moving on to the demonization of the next group.
Of course, the definition of "obesity" has been changed to include a larger number of people, which is often lost in the anti-obesity Jihad.
Well, can't say we skinny smokers didn't warn everyone of the inevitable.
It’s the biscuits.
We probably have the highest percentage of fit people due to the weather but we still have a buttload of fat people. I've noticed when I go out in public that it looks like about one in three people is overweight.
It may be “Mitt’s turn in 2012,” said Bob Dole! (not really)
naw that’s just the cops.
THIS THREAD NEEDS PICS.
GOTTA DO SOME COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE FAT AND NON-FAT SOUTHERNERS
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