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

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

[NEMDF]

SOUNDS SERIES

[RockinRight]

The corn lobby.

Lots of farmers’ well-being depends on the sale of corn, which is largely dependent on corn syrup useage and production.

Farmers are the biggest welfare recipients out there in an indirect way.

[HighlyOpinionated]

People without jobs don’t sit around watching television and eating snack foods all day.

It’s a No Brainer.

Put Americans back to work and their hands will be too busy to be sticking high caloric snack foods into their mouths.

OBAMA’S FAULT.

[TASMANIANRED]

More folks drinking

[Mike Darancette]

Defining obesity down?

[M-cubed]

I'd bet dollars to donuts that if u compare only income you'll see a big trend....throw in welfare and you'll see a tidal wave...

Look around you...I know a couple of smart and well off obese folks...the difference is they don't see themselves as “victims”...They know they cant do the physical work so they use their brains

[M-cubed]

Yup....and they really “feel” they have it tough...

[MSF BU]

...so in other words this study indicates an obesity problem that correlates highly with the percentage of black & minority populations in a given state. Like the red/blue state analyses we see from time to time, a county by county examination would probably be FAR more useful.