How obese is your state?

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by AmericanAngel

There are 50 states, but I don't see Florida! Where's Florida? Am I just overlooking it?

Thats what happens when a government agency runs something.

Florida got left out and Washington DC got added.

[AmericanAngel]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Thats what happens when a government agency runs something.

Florida got left out and Washington DC got added.

Hehe

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Thats what happens when a government agency runs something.

Florida got left out and Washington DC got added.

Are you sure that Obama's team didn't come out with this report? Is he trying to say that the red states are nothing but FAT people?

[AbundantGrace]

Originally Posted by tamor

I'll pass and you can have mine!

Seriously??? I love it when I can have mine and another one too!

[tamor]

Originally Posted by AbundantGrace

Seriously??? I love it when I can have mine and another one too!

Most definitely! Enjoy!

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by cneasttx

Mark, do they fry candy bars in CA? To me that is just wrong.

Only at the fairs!

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by SavedLou

If more people had ya'lls weather it would make it easier to want to be outdoors being active. When it's 100 in the shade here...makes it hard in the summer. We have to rely on treadmills...boring.

Um, *pssst*, not everywhere in CA has beautiful weather! It was 106 in the shade here, just last week! This week has been better, only the high 90's.

But, yeah, in Bakersfield, the majority of the summer has to be spent indoors or in the pool. My sisters dog died of heat stroke last week.

[seguidordejesus]

I'm in Paris, France, now and I am THE fattest person here...and I'm originally from Mississippi!

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Below is a list of how each state ranks in adult obesity prevalence, along with the percentage of obese adults. The breakdown is based upon a Centers for Disease Control report.

1. Mississippi: 32%
2. Alabama: 30.3%
3. Tennessee: 30.1%
4. Louisiana: 29.8%
5. Arkansas: 28.7%
6. West Virginia: 29.5%
7. South Carolina: 28.4%
8. Georgia: 28.2%
9. Oklahoma and Texas: 28.1%
10. North Carolina: 28%
11. Michigan: 27.7%
12. Alaska, Missouri, and Ohio: 27.5%
13. Delaware and Kentucky: 27.4%
14. Pennsylvania: 27.1%
15. Iowa and Kansas: 26.9%
16. Indiana: 26.8%
17. North Dakota: 26.5%
18. South Dakota: 26.2%
19. Nebraska: 26%
20. Minnesota: 25.6%
21. Oregon: 25.5%
22. Arizona and Maryland: 25.4%
23. Washington: 25.3%
24. New York: 25%
25. Illinois: 24.9%
26. Maine: 24.8%
27. Wisconsin: 24.7%
28. Idaho: 24.5%
29. New Hampshire: 24.4%
30. Virginia: 24.3%
31. Nevada: 24.1%
32. New Mexico: 24%
33. Wyoming: 23.7%
34. New Jersey: 23.5%
35. California: 22.6%
36. Montana, Utah, and Washington, D.C.: 21.8%
37. Hawaii and Rhode Island: 21.4%
38. Massachusetts and Vermont: 21.3%
39. Connecticut: 21.2%
40. Colorado: 18.7%

I see that the SEC is represented very nicely on the list. Interestingly here is the ranking of how many people live below the poverty line in each state. The corellation seems to be there.

....STATE ..................... % BPL


1.....NEW HAMPSHIRE ...................... 5.5

2.....MINNESOTA ............................. 7.7

3.....VERMONT ................................ 7.7

4.....NEW JERSEY ............................ 7.9

5.....HAWAII ................................... 8.8

6.....VIRGINIA ................................. 9.1




7.....CONNECTICUT .......................... 9.1

8.....DELAWARE ............................... 9.2

9.....ALASKA .................................... 9.3


10....MARYLAND ................................ 9.3

11....UTAH ....................................... 9.5

12....NEBRASKA ................................. 9.7

13....IDAHO ....................................... 9.8

14....WASHINGTON ............................. 9.9

15....WYOMING ................................. 10.2

16....COLORADO ................................ 10.4

17....NEVADA .................................... 10.4


18....MASSACHUSETTS ....................... 10.5






19....IOWA ....................................... 10.8


20....NORTH DAKOTA .......................... 10.8


21....WISCONSIN ............................... 10.9


22....PENNSYLVANIA ........................... 11.3

23....RHODE ISLAND ............................ 11.3

24....FLORIDA .................................... 11.4



25....ILLINOIS .................................... 11.5

26....MAINE ....................................... 11.5

27....INDIANA ..................................... 11.6


28....MISSOURI ................................... 11.7



29....OREGON ..................................... 11.9


30....OHIO .......................................... 12.0


31....SOUTH DAKOTA ............................ 12.0


32....KANSAS ...................................... 12.2


33....MICHIGAN .................................... 12.9


34....CALIFORNIA .................................. 12.9


35....GEORGIA ...................................... 13.3


36....SOUTH CAROLINA .......................... 13.7



37....MONTANA .................................... 13.8

38....NORTH CAROLINA .......................... 13.8


39....OKLAHOMA ................................... 13.9



40....NEW YORK .................................... 14.5



41....ARIZONA ...................................... 14.7

42....WEST VIRGINIA ............................. 15.0




43....TENNESSEE .................................. 15.2


44....ARKANSAS ................................... 15.6



45....ALABAMA .................................... 16.0


46....TEXAS ........................................ 16.4


47....KENTUCKY .................................... 16.5



48....NEW MEXICO ................................ 17.1

49....LOUISIANA ................................... 17.4


50....MISSISSIPPI ................................. 19.8

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by tstew

I see that the SEC is represented very nicely on the list. Interestingly here is the ranking of how many people live below the poverty line in each state. The corellation seems to be there.

....STATE ..................... % BPL


1.....NEW HAMPSHIRE ...................... 5.5

2.....MINNESOTA ............................. 7.7

3.....VERMONT ................................ 7.7

4.....NEW JERSEY ............................ 7.9

5.....HAWAII ................................... 8.8

6.....VIRGINIA ................................. 9.1




7.....CONNECTICUT .......................... 9.1

8.....DELAWARE ............................... 9.2

9.....ALASKA .................................... 9.3


10....MARYLAND ................................ 9.3

11....UTAH ....................................... 9.5

12....NEBRASKA ................................. 9.7

13....IDAHO ....................................... 9.8

14....WASHINGTON ............................. 9.9

15....WYOMING ................................. 10.2

16....COLORADO ................................ 10.4

17....NEVADA .................................... 10.4


18....MASSACHUSETTS ....................... 10.5






19....IOWA ....................................... 10.8


20....NORTH DAKOTA .......................... 10.8


21....WISCONSIN ............................... 10.9


22....PENNSYLVANIA ........................... 11.3

23....RHODE ISLAND ............................ 11.3

24....FLORIDA .................................... 11.4



25....ILLINOIS .................................... 11.5

26....MAINE ....................................... 11.5

27....INDIANA ..................................... 11.6


28....MISSOURI ................................... 11.7



29....OREGON ..................................... 11.9


30....OHIO .......................................... 12.0


31....SOUTH DAKOTA ............................ 12.0


32....KANSAS ...................................... 12.2


33....MICHIGAN .................................... 12.9


34....CALIFORNIA .................................. 12.9


35....GEORGIA ...................................... 13.3


36....SOUTH CAROLINA .......................... 13.7



37....MONTANA .................................... 13.8

38....NORTH CAROLINA .......................... 13.8


39....OKLAHOMA ................................... 13.9



40....NEW YORK .................................... 14.5



41....ARIZONA ...................................... 14.7

42....WEST VIRGINIA ............................. 15.0




43....TENNESSEE .................................. 15.2


44....ARKANSAS ................................... 15.6



45....ALABAMA .................................... 16.0


46....TEXAS ........................................ 16.4


47....KENTUCKY .................................... 16.5



48....NEW MEXICO ................................ 17.1

49....LOUISIANA ................................... 17.4


50....MISSISSIPPI ................................. 19.8

there is a direct correlation.