Sunday, 05 July 2009
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Mississippi is The Fattest State For 3rd Straight Year!
Mississippi has claimed the title of fattest state for the third consecutive year, while Colorado repeats as the leanest according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc.West Virginia and Alabama, where I am now eating biscuits made of lard and cheese grits, remained as the second and third fattest states this year. Two-thirds of the citizens of Mississippi and West Virginia were either overweight or obese by CDC standards in 2007.
Colorado repeats as the slimmest state, despite a slight increase in obesity of 0.8 percent over three years. Last year Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado told CalorieLab, “We’re not spared from the national obesity epidemic, and we must remain vigilant in order to guard against it. We’re doing all we can to encourage Coloradans, especially our kids, to take advantage of the natural resources our state offers in order to stay fit, healthy and happy.”
This is hard to believe especially if you have attended a Luau lately, Hawaii enters the rankings for the first time in 2008 at number 50, the second slimmest state after Colorado. Hawaii had not conducted annual BMI surveys until 2005, so the required three years of data was not available until this year. I guess like figure skating they throw out the top and bottom scores?Do any of these numbers surprise you? Which state would you have though would be the most overweight?
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Not much to do in those states
Alright.... I heard about Mississippi being the number one fattest state. Not surprisingly west virginia and alabama also are up there. Well, I have family in the south and my ancestors are from Alabama. They worked on farms their whole lives and ate big meals filled with bisquits and gravy, pies, mashed potatoes... real good southern cookin! They burned the calories off though. Now most people don't work on farms.. they work in businesses where they go outside on their lunch break. And on that lunch break they eat similar food, or worse... mcdonalds and fast food. they don't burn it off. yet their family recipes are still filled with lard and sugar and instead of changing with the times to become healthier, they stick to what they grew up with. that's how I see it.
@WhenHateIsTheOnlyOption@xanga - yum yum boredom eating
@shes_lump@xanga - i think you're right on!
i heard about this on television news. i don't know much about mississippi. but didn't expect the state would but in the high rank.
Here in the south we eat huge meals dribbled with fat. I want to exclude Florida because I live in Miami and I know it's a totally different world from Mississippi and other southern states but travel to northern FL and you have the same shit. lol.
Theres nothing to do here outdoors wise besides hunting and boating (and then people who do either end up slim! lol).
We're bored. We just sit and eat. lol.
im from Mississippi, and living in Ohio, me and my mom weren't surprised because as Southerners we know how to eat and most of it contains fat, which makes it so good. We're also big boned and we can hold weight better than some Northerners, not saying all....so don't get all mad at us! :)
no surprise there,
i didn't know wv was so fat.
ma (where i live) is number 48. the number of overweight people definitely depends on what town you live in too. in the specific town i live in , ~10% of people are overweight lol, and VERY few people are obese. however, when i visited my cousins in alabama, i saw fat people everywhere!
Ohio... I am pretty certain it's in the top 10 though.
I figured somewhere on the east coast....maybe the Carolinas (very humid). Just glad it's not my state :D That's a pretty sad and gross title for a state to have....and 3 consecutive years.
@shes_lump@xanga - Spot on.
I can't speak for WV on personal experience, but I can for MS and AL, and I agree with the findings 100%. It's a tough habit to break when you're raised on large amounts of food, knowing that you'll need all the energy you can get for the upcoming work. Now most of us use much less energy, yet eat as much (or more) than we did before.
I don't know how Colorado does it, but a HUGE congrats to them!
Not really surprised..
@rainbowbrite2200@xanga - Big boned people might "hold weight better" but why even hold that weight at all? Being overweight/obese is unhealthy, mentally and physically.
I live in Texas, and I'm surprised Texas wasn't even in the top three, even though I think it's a good thing.
I live in Texas but both sides of my family reside in Mississippi...and I am not shocked. When I go visit my grandparents within 3-4 days I gain 5lbs. The food is SO good, but because it's so good it most defiantly comes at a price. I claim both states as my home, and Texas has NOTHING on Mississippi soul food (and by nothing I mean it's most definatly more fating and greasy) so why it's not higher is no surprise to me.
Have you ever eaten in Colorado? The food here sucks. I'd rather eat in Mississippi any day. If I lived in Mississippi I'd be a fricken hippo by now.
Haha...I would hate it if someone took a random picture of me walking on a sidewalk and used it in one of those documentaries about fat people. I think that would be the turning point.
I thought for sure Texas would be in the top 3. We have like, 4 of the fattest cities.
Can you blame MS, or any of the Southern states for being fat though lol I go to school in MS, and live in TX when I'm not in school. It's so effing hot and humid here 75% of the year, all you wanna do is just stay inside with the lovely air conditioner. Colorado is pretty nice all year round so they are lucky ho's.
Course that is no excuse lol We need to go to the gym and eat healthier and blah blah blah healthy stuff.
It's so hot down south, I could see why people might get out of shape with the diet. I love to be active, but I was in Georgia in June and in Alabama last August, and I found it very difficult to do anything outdoors during the day, and even in the morning, the humidity kept me from running the way I would have liked. Then again... I never had a chance to get used to the weather...
well...after frequently visiting montana it has my vote.
Although with biscuits and gravy around it wouldn´t be hard for me to pack on the pounds either.
Any place down south as well though, it just reminds me of obese people.
as a mississippi resident, i can say it.... yeah. we're fat. even though we're poor, fat, hot, humid, and bored i'd like to think that we're pretty happy. but hey, what do i know...i'm just trying to get out of this god forsaken state.
when I was in college, someone got pissed because larger obese students were taking the elevator in the dorm from the ground floor to the first floor. They put up a rather rude sign that said "You need to burn some calories, try using the stairs instead of the elevator."
I agree with said pissed student...
The college, however, punished the student for putting up the sign - he was banned from the dormitory for discrimination. He had to find alternative housing.
So what's the problem here? Institutions catering to obesity - that's what the problem is. Sure its the right of everyone to use convenience as you desire, but you shouldn't be sacrificing common sense at the same time. Point is - if you are overweight, you should be taking the stairs if you plan to go up one floor - maybe even two. But... if you choose to take the elevator... well.. you are just a flat out dumbass then. This doesn't just apply to elevators either. Try home computer entertainment (games), watching stupid reality shows hour after hour that are nothing like reality, watching Oprah, Ellen, and Jerry telling you to do something with your life instead of actually DOING something with your life, or even something as simple as putting the fork down when you have eaten just half your meal.
Seriously... that's a big one. Cutting portion sizes in half can drastically reduce weight! We are overfed as it is... and trust me from exp - you don't need to be eating an entire large pizza to be full or sustained.
I had heard about this in the news. I think that missippi needs to do something now so that their kids can grow up with healthier lifestyles that don't include eating biscuits and gravy and high fat fried foods. Maybe the Biggest Loser program should do a statewide program in Missippi to tech them how to eat better and how to exercise. The sad thing is with the decline of bovernment funding for schools the one thing that has went by the wayside are physical fitness programs. When I eas young we had to do the physical fitness challenge every year. We would practice for what seemed like weeks before the actual challenge. I never did very good because I was already having trouble with weight. My parents were of the variety that would tell me I needed to lose weight but wouldn't give me the support I needed. They would just tell me that I shouldn't eat snack foods ujless they were fruits and veggies. This was all well and good but then when I would get enthusiastic about doing this, they would lose interest in supporting me. I felt I was on my own and from there I would stop becaus I was craving for support with none forthcoming. Parents should support and even help their kids if they are overweight and not sit there and tell them they need to lose weight. If you're a parent with overweight kids, get out there with their kids and exercise with them and encourage them in a a healthy lifestyle. Lead by example and eventually your children will get the message.