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- gordonf238, on 10/10/2007, -2/+113Maybe there wouldn't be so much obesity if government stopped subsidizing the production of high-fructose corn syrup, which is being added to just about everything these days. Sadly, it's the lower class that suffers most. Coincidentally, the same social class that can't afford insurance.
- heartcoldfusion, on 10/10/2007, -18/+82Idiots. Don't you realize that the south is obese because it's so poor?
Have you ever considered the correlation between poverty and obesity? Of course not. Have you ever considered why the south is so poor? Of course not.
It's because retards with attitudes similar to yours did to the south what Europe did to Germany after World War I, and the south still hasn't recovered from it; and for the past 150 years the south has been a breeding ground for ignorance, poverty, racism, poor health and poor education. Go visit the deep south and see the conditions some of these people live in before you get your smug attitude about it.
So now you have these people who are poor and ignorant, who can't afford to eat well balanced meals, and who are too ignorant to do so even if they were, so what do they eat? McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, and the like. And now all the haughty brilliant intellectuals of the Northeast laugh at how stupid the inbred hicks are, not even realizing they are the ones who helped make it so.
I live in the south, and it sucks seeing people live like this because they didn't have the opportunity or money or education to change their station. It sucks even worse when people who don't live in the south ridicule it when they know absolutely nothing about the situation except what they read on the netwebs. - rlbigfish, on 10/10/2007, -4/+63Just move to where the letters are: less people are fat there.
- dangermen, on 10/10/2007, -9/+63Should it be called the lack of personal responsibility map or lack of will power map?
- MeMongo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+46I was behind two really fat (over 250 pounds) women at Subway. I think they saw the Jared commercials and decided that subway sandwiches=weight loss, but they blew it by ordering 2 cheese steak sandwiches (each) with extra swiss cheese, extra shredded cheese, and extra mayo.
- maffiou, on 10/10/2007, -12/+49BMI > 30 is not necessarilly the best indicator of obesity...
I think it should be combined with bodyfat percentage to give a more accurate reading... - f4nt0m4s, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36i don't even have to walk from my car to mcdonalds anymore, i just hop on my segway and scoot in
- octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34You'll thank us fatties when the Chinese decide to all jump at once and throw the earth out of orbit. We'll be ready.
- Kitsune818, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34Useless. This could also show that skinny people have died off.
- lpmiller, on 10/10/2007, -9/+36Being from Minnesota, I fail to see how we led in slavery (my ancestors fought for the yankee side), white power, gun rights, or conservatism ( we voted mondale for president for petes sake). Obesity, I could see. Maybe you coasties could be a little less elite and pay a little more attention. Being in the very heart of the midwest, I don't think you understand the midwest at all. Or know how to read a map.
- akatherder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26It took me a second. Then about 10 more.
- qwickone, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26Yes, you're right, that would be more accurate. But how many people do you really think skewing this data by qualifying as obese when they're really a bodybuilder or something? Maybe 1 percentage point in each state? MAYBE?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23and they still think they are eating healthy
- Tyr7BE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22Check out MS! Leading the pack! Or lagging, depending on how you look at it.
- CybrStuff, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22I hope there is, so long as people have to buy a number of seats proportional to their girth. I hate having to sit next to someone who keeps spilling over into my seat. :-P
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21The fat people are eating all of our food.
- mannaran, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21In future, there won't be economy class in flights!
- MeMongo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Pretty soon you'll be needing a Rascal scooter because you'll be too fat to stand up.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17We have to be thanking the fat people... They will eventually force all the airlines to create bigger seats. So, normal size people will be able to sit with relative comfort. Thank the obese nation for that... Yay.. found a reason to support the fat people.
- kingyubba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16thank God that Shaq is taking on this problem head on....
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20If only this was the election results..
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Maps like this are actually arguments AGAINST the idea that obesity is caused by a lack of 'will power'. If it was 'will power' what event cause a dramatic loss in will power from 1985 to 2004? Did people have more self control in the 70s then they do now? What these statistics point out is that there probably is some environmental variable that has an effect on obesity, and that more research needs to go into figuring out what that is. Maybe people are eating more and cooking at home less, but it's not simply because of some ethical collapse that has occurred.
- mvanhorn, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18I wanted this to be a heat seeking map lol
- chrismgtis, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17I bet there are more McDonald's in these "red" locations.
- 1jaxstate1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13"who is 30lbs overweight for a 5'4" person" This is the US, not China.
- EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Egg & toast?
Crappy breakfast that only will make you fat and give you heart problems. Start eating healthy! - cozinator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Yes, because one person's anecdotal evidence is more reliable than data from the Center for Disease Control.
- EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Or maybe I have to work 3 jobs to pay for rent and food?
The more obese, the poorer a state is. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11clever
- sxtxixtxcxh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9dude, i don't care what they used. the point was that there IS A TREND
- mesm0rized, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9If we could just find a way to tap into the body fat oils and make them run our SUV's, America would be saved!
- dukeeeey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12http://www.bitetv.ca/blog/archives/Europe%20vs%20America.JPG
- 0crabby0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9"Is 'examinating' a word????"
Only to Foghorn Leghorn. - LiveWire530, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Their state license plates should read first at being the fattest
- KuJo6784, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9What a clever way to spam your digg story, and by the way you still can't spell with a spellchecker at your disposal.
- GRANDPAMUNSTER, on 06/11/2009, -3/+12Or it could be called the I'm to lazy to cook a home cooked meal.
- majordanger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Maybe if you ban the electric riding shopping carts they would have to walk to get more Cheetos. There used to be one electric cart per store so the frail grandma do her own shopping. Now there is a fleet and a waiting line to use them.
- cubeeggs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I'm in Michigan. The economy sucks, the roads suck, the two peninsulas insult each other, everyone's fat, and we take Canada's trash.
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8To recap: Foghorn Leghorn = George Bush
- knobtwiddler, on 10/10/2007, -6/+14so gun ownership is in the same category as obesity and racism? thats dumb.
- alpine75, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10So two obnoxious tourists equal the attitudes of an entire country? I've seen obnoxious tourists from other countries too. I am smart enough to know they do not represent another country. Also consider the U.S. has the third highest population in the world. There's a lot of people and difficult to stereotype.
- MeMongo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10In George Bush's vocabulary. It comes right before "Strategery"
- kingofthisnight, on 10/10/2007, -9/+17Keep in mind they are using Body Mass Index ( BMI ) for their statistics. BMI is a terrible way of judging obesity. According to BMI Brad Pitt is considered overweight and is nearly obese. So pretty much any muscular person will be considered overweight or possibly obese with BMI.
Article on the problems with BMI
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070305202535.htm - EarlOfLade, on 10/10/2007, -5/+13But you and others don't want to pay taxes and don''t want to do anything to help. It's THEIR problem right?
- BigGrassMan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9The fat people are eating all of the skinny people!
- GRANDPAMUNSTER, on 06/11/2009, -1/+9Go see the movies Fast food nation and supersize me. Maybe that will cut down your interest to eat fast food.
- Homunculiheaded, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Wait, isn't DC already in the south? It's wedged between Va and W.Va, which I think myself, hollywood stereotypes(Deliverance?) and the mason dixon line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mason-dixon-line.gif consider to be the south.
- jerrycan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The Bar-B-Q Belt is loosening up!!!
- cloudyprison, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I agree that the BMI is *****, but you can't tell me you don't go out in public and see huge people all over.
It's disgusting. - JonLatane, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12That's the best I've heard anyone put that. I've tried to explain it to Northerners (Northeasterners are the worst), and it's always been sort of an in-one-ear, out-the-other kind of thing. They can listen and even agree, but tomorrow they'll be talking about how stupid the hicks are again.
It's still funny to hear people from New Jersey talk about white trash though. That's some pot-kettle irony right there. -
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