Obesity Rates Jump in 28 States, Report Shows (hugh increase over the past year)

HealthDayNews on Yahoo ^ | 6/29/10 | Amanda Gardner

[NormsRevenge]

I might be up a pound or two..

The Michelle Obama Effect 8-?

[keats5]

Stress fat.

[boomop1]

I know this is hugh also series, I clamor for relief.

[NormsRevenge]

I’m sure more than a few here at FR have battled the bulge along the way and still do..

It’s tough to avoid the pitfalls of rapid fire living and fast food.. and Lordy, who said build all those restaurants by the sides of freeways?

But.. We are a mobile society after all.. and subject to all kinds of temptations along the way.

[El Sordo]

Comfort food will do this to ya’.

[RexBeach]

This is all part of Mr. Obama’s health care plan: Lose weight or else!

But seriously, folks...I was in eastern MA last week and everywhere I looked I saw fat people. Tall, medium, short - fat people all over.

Boy, Michelle’s really got her work cut out for her. :)

[combat_boots]

All species bulk up when they know winter’s coming.

If possible, they also wolf down protein & vitamins, lest they start showing signs of various systems failures.

The poor eat poorly. Period. Outstanding, expensive food and private chefs on call are, well, not cheap.

Creates an entirely new perspective on being organ-ic, doesn’t it. Pelosi & Reid are trolling for body parts as we blog.

[Obadiah]

Obesity Rates Jump in 28 States, Report Shows (hugh increase over the past year

Whoa! This is series!

[erkyl]

Stress fat.

Obama's fault.

[circlecity]

No where is obesity defined in this article nor does it reveal how these questionable statistics were arrived at. That’s a major red flag.

[who knows what evil?]

Comfort food will do this to ya’.

...and G-d knows we need comfort more than ever right now...

[Obadiah]

Not to worry, I’m sure they’ve got the obesity hockey stick graph to prove everything. All those out-of-work climate scientists have to do something, you know!

[w1andsodidwe]

Why lets make a law against obesity and arrest all fat people and subject them to mandatory hard labor. Or would that be a cruel and unusual punishment?

[Snickering Hound]

All 57 states.

[frithguild]

I am stuned.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

Is there some correlation to demographics not recognized in this survey? One wonders.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

And, as the report also shows, income is a major driver of the obesity epidemic. More than 35 percent of adults bringing in less than $15,000 a year were obese, vs. only 24.5 percent in the over-$50,000 income bracket.

I guess we have the fattest poor people on the planet. Go figure.

[ozzymandus]

How can all those unemployed people be so fat? I’m fat, self-employed, and unhappy with Obama. What do I win?

[MrB]

I’m glad the other 29 are doing OK...

[Ancient Drive]

guess who’s atop the list... Illinois.