How fat is your State??

Banrion
Banrion Posts: 157 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Take a look!

http://calorielab.com/news/2011/06/30/fattest-states-2011/
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  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    wow. I guess I should stop blaming my fat on the state of Wisconsin *LOL*
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Wow, Massachusetts is pretty "lean."
  • wutamunkee
    wutamunkee Posts: 440 Member
    When did we get a 51st state?

    Come on Georgia! We are the 18th unhealthiest... lets fix that!
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    It's too bad charts like this don't incite some competition - somebody needs to give Colorado a challenger!
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,301 Member
    Even the best state, Colorado, has an obesity percentage of 21.4. That's alarming. My state, Washington, is No. 28.
  • Chika_2015
    Chika_2015 Posts: 357 Member
    From Mass here and i feel a little sad that i don't have to blame my state on my fatness, but myself.
  • KristysLosing
    KristysLosing Posts: 683
    Well Wisconsin is right in the middle at 25. I did get fat after I moved here, but only because I stopped moving.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    To be fair, with a large percentage of the leanest states, you can't afford to live there AND eat. :wink:

    And Rhode Island is so small, only skinny people will fit there.
  • Sasssy69
    Sasssy69 Posts: 547 Member
    Washington is 28. This surprises me with all our natural hiking trails, lake access, and centennial trail. We should be lower.
  • shauna121211
    shauna121211 Posts: 575 Member
    When did we get a 51st state?

    We didn't... that's just Washington D.C. :wink:
  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
    well, they say everything is bigger in Texas. I guess so. LOL
  • Banrion
    Banrion Posts: 157 Member
    To be fair, with a large percentage of the leanest states, you can't afford to live there AND eat. :wink:

    And Rhode Island is so small, only skinny people will fit there.



    HAHAHAHA :laugh:
  • shauna121211
    shauna121211 Posts: 575 Member
    I must say... the order isn't too shocking to me. But... the % obese and/or overweight is a bit higher than I thought across the board!

    I was interested to see how Australia fares:

    Number of overweight adults:
    QLD - 1,259,700 (48.4 per cent of population)
    NSW - 2,226,500 (45.9 per cent)
    VIC - 1,634,200 (45.9 per cent)
    WA - 619,700 (45.3 per cent)
    TAS - 155,700 (45.2 per cent)
    SA - 504,200 (44.8 per cent)

    People who say they don't exercise
    NSW: 32.9 per cent
    QLD: 31.4 per cent
    SA: 31.1 per cent
    TAS: 30.9 per cent
    WA: 27.7 per cent
    VIC: 27.6 per cent

    People who have attempted to lose weight over the past two years
    SA: 60 per cent
    VIC: 53 per cent
    QLD: 51 per cent
    NSW: 50 per cent
    WA: 48 per cent
    TAS: 40 per cent
  • Banrion
    Banrion Posts: 157 Member
    Arkansas doesn't have to say "Thank God for Mississippi"!!!! YAY
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    Colorado for the win again :D
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,301 Member
    And Rhode Island is so small, only skinny people will fit there.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    MD is right in the middle. literally. 26 of 51.
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
    Whoo, we're almost last!
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    The fattest, apparently.
  • lucythinmint
    lucythinmint Posts: 239
    I was born and raised (28yrs) in Indiana and I see it has moved up on the list of fattest states :noway:


    But now that I am a Nevada resident it seems that NV has moved down to #39 woot!! it's because you sweat your *kitten* all the damn time :bigsmile:
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
    To be fair, with a large percentage of the leanest states, you can't afford to live there AND eat. :wink:

    And Rhode Island is so small, only skinny people will fit there.

    :laugh: it's not THAT expensive to live here! Plus in CT we're a whole mess of contradictions. Most millionaires per capita...and the poorest capital in the nation. lol
  • jlzrdking
    jlzrdking Posts: 501 Member
    I'm doing my best to get Bama out of the #2 spot on that list.
  • ummlovelovesyou
    ummlovelovesyou Posts: 1,024 Member
    #40! Let's go Californians!
  • ABetterBalance
    ABetterBalance Posts: 298
    6 years and counting- we're #1.

    Usually that's cause for celebration. Too bad this isn't one of those situations.
  • Jennjenn1974
    Jennjenn1974 Posts: 350 Member
    My state is SO fat...when it sits around the house it sits AROUND the house!


    Wait...I live in a province....moving on....
  • ResilientWoman
    ResilientWoman Posts: 440 Member
    Washington is on the leaner side but I think we were doing better before the economy made it more difficult to eat. My family is from Louisiana but has lived in Mississippi for decades. They are all obese or morbidly obese. Breaks my heart to watch them destroy themselves. All I can do is set the example and hope they get a clue before I have to bury any more of them in an untimely way due to complications of obesity.
  • momof8munchkins
    momof8munchkins Posts: 1,167 Member
    Pretty darn! Ky came in 5th place... must be all that fried chicken!
  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
    looks like a landslide to me..
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    lol in England, state means mess or untidy...or how you are...as in ''my current state is I am in a right state'
  • springtrio
    springtrio Posts: 429 Member
    Pennsylvania. #28. Surprised it isn't lower. I never see too many fit people unless it's at a gym or trail.
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