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The Fattest States in America
Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 03/11/2014 | By Thomas C. Frohlich, Alexander E.M. Hess, Vince Calio and Ashley C. Allen

Posted on 03/11/2014 10:58:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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I also notice that in terms of per capita income, the fattest states happen to be some of the country's POOREST states.

Who woulda thunk that poor is now fat...

1 posted on 03/11/2014 10:58:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

You can’t be too rich or too thin.


2 posted on 03/11/2014 10:59:56 AM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Certain ethnic groups don’t do well on the American diet. Native Americans and Mexicans skew the results here in OK.


3 posted on 03/11/2014 11:04:17 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

These states look like the list of least desirable states to live in as posted by Yahoo days ago.
I also noted that they are almost all Red states in the south. According to the elite journalist in the stuck up Northeastern cities southerners are still a bunch of stupid fat toothless hicks who have to many guns to much religion and to many God given rights. F’em.


4 posted on 03/11/2014 11:04:39 AM PDT by WilliamRobert (Obama so loves the poor he created millions more.)
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To: Revolting cat!

“Poverty is a key predictor that can lead to obesity.”

I’m so poor that all I can do is eat and make babies.

I wait, I can’t afford to do either of those!


5 posted on 03/11/2014 11:07:23 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ohio and Delaware surprise me. The rest of them don’t.

I don’t get the correlation with poor. We’re always hearing about the need for more money for food stamps and the school lunch program (which now includes breakfast and in some areas, dinner as well).

You’d think the poor would be the thinnest because liberals always claim that they don’t have any money for food.


6 posted on 03/11/2014 11:09:17 AM PDT by randita
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To: SeekAndFind

—I recall a comment from an Asian Indian source that is amazing that in the U.S. , obesity is the leading health problem among the poor-—


7 posted on 03/11/2014 11:10:13 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: SeekAndFind

I was expecting to see Alabama in the top five and we didn’t even make the top ten!

We’ll try harder next time...grits with extra butter, BBQ with extra white bread, Spinach sandwiches made with four slices of Colby, and pancake stacks with bacon in between the cakes and drenched in real maple syrup and...


8 posted on 03/11/2014 11:10:16 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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Long distance information give me Memphis Tennessee

And so they say Memphis is one of the “fattest” cities, must have something to do with barbecue, spare ribs but El Paso, the border city is usually up there too.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/health/memphis-weight-loss/index.html


9 posted on 03/11/2014 11:11:55 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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Obesity is linked to poverty, and eating the wrong foods, eating too much, and not working or exercising. Blame food stamps and Democrats.


10 posted on 03/11/2014 11:15:26 AM PDT by pallis
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To: SeekAndFind

Makes me think of that McDonald’s diet guy, he walked 45 minutes a day. I wonder if he skipped the sodas, that is my downfall, I try to skip or drink very little of the sodas.


11 posted on 03/11/2014 11:17:23 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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“Ohio and Delaware surprise me.”

Maybe it’s all that skyline chili they’re eating in Cincinatti. :)

From Wiki:
Skyline’s menu includes their signature dishes: cheese coneys (a hot dog topped with Skyline Chili, mustard, onions, and cheese), and 3-ways (spaghetti topped with Skyline Chili and cheese); 4-ways (choice of beans or onions added), and 5-ways (beans and onions both added). Additional menu items include burritos made with Skyline Chili (including the Chilito), classic and Greek-style salads, french fries, cheese fries, garlic bread, cheese bread, and baked potatoes topped with Skyline Chili.


12 posted on 03/11/2014 11:17:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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I’ve had that Cincinnati Chili, very good, chili on top of spaghetti, cheese is great on top too but that must add on the calories.


13 posted on 03/11/2014 11:19:36 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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RE: Obesity is linked to poverty

Tell that to the Africans ( not African Americans, Africans )....


14 posted on 03/11/2014 11:19:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: pallis
There was an old joke about a small city school system that had to have special fundraisers and taxes to buy school buses.

Later they complained about the fundraisers and taxes for new gymnasiums so the children would get the exercise they would have gotten anyway if they kept walking to school instead of riding the bus.

15 posted on 03/11/2014 11:19:58 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Makes sense, actually. Poor people fill themselves up on empty calories so they don’t feel hungry, but it doesn’t work because they don’t get the nutrients which keep them from being hungry. So they eat more, cheaper, higher-fat foods.

McDonald’s double cheeseburger: 99 cents
McDonald’s grilled chicken sandwich: 4.99


16 posted on 03/11/2014 11:20:04 AM PDT by dangus
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We have been told that obesity is a problem.

That’s propaganda.

People are now worried only about those other people who are fat. Best to leave it alone.


17 posted on 03/11/2014 11:23:25 AM PDT by AlmaKing
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Government cheese.

If the First Wookie really cared, she'd kick the president's arse for dramatically increasing the food stamp program.

18 posted on 03/11/2014 11:27:44 AM PDT by skeeter
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Who woulda thunk that poor is now fat...

EBT cards buy a lot of convenience food. No need to try and cook healthy meals when you can get a bucket of chicken or a slab of ribs to go...
19 posted on 03/11/2014 11:28:22 AM PDT by freebird5850 (The only good thing about Barry getting re-elected is now we get to see him fall from a higher place)
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Hey, we just have better food in the South. Lay off.


20 posted on 03/11/2014 11:32:52 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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