How fat is your state???

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  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    I've lived in both fatter and thinner states. It's interesting how these state breakdown politically. Obesity is definitely a concerning health issue but it also has national financial implications.
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    I'm ticked. Here I am doing my part, yet Florida has risen 7 places. Why do I bother?
  • kekevela
    kekevela Posts: 83 Member
    Hmmm....33. Not too bad.
  • n2thenight24
    n2thenight24 Posts: 1,651 Member
    13, my state is a fat *kitten*
  • kaotik26
    kaotik26 Posts: 590 Member
    Kentucky, 31.5. Makes sense though, fast food joint on every corner and the produce sections in any store is horrible. Can't wait to go back to the Home State--Colorado!!!
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Except for 15 months, I've lived exclusively in green zone states (the least fat segment), including Colorado, which, according to the chart, is the least fat. New York (41) is not without its overweight people, but in Manhattan you see an exceptional number of thin people.

    I have no doubt that environment plays some role.
  • PicklePlum
    PicklePlum Posts: 192 Member
    Mass is #48!
  • jrsey86
    jrsey86 Posts: 186 Member
    Woo, New Jersey! =D
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    Except for 15 months, I've lived exclusively in green zone states (the least fat segment), including Colorado, which, according to the chart, is the least fat. New York (41) is not without its overweight people, but in Manhattan you see an exceptional number of thin people.

    I have no doubt that environment plays some role.

    yeah, I'm in Manhattan. I agree that those stats are probably not all that accurate for Manhattan, espcially if you just include parts below Harlem. I doubt that 61.4% of Manhattan is either overweight or obese. Everyone is skinny here! Makes me want to leave Manhattan, so I can be the skinny one among all the fat people instead of not particularly being considered thin for my area.
  • marcia724
    marcia724 Posts: 180 Member
    I just moved to Virginia, right near DC... I thought it seemed like there were a LOT more fit people here. More fit, ad WAY more active than where I came from in Pennsylvania. Cool to see I wasn't imagining things!
  • breeZrizi
    breeZrizi Posts: 213 Member
    GA
    17th :/

    i swear it had to be top 5
  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
    I live in 2 of the thinnest states! DC and LA
  • adriadawn19
    adriadawn19 Posts: 174 Member
    my state is 27 on the list so just on the other side of half
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    Having lived most of my life in Colorado and a significant amount of time in Houston, TX, I've seen the day & night difference - not the difference in the people but in the culture. I'm SO glad to be back in CO!
  • Julettashane
    Julettashane Posts: 723 Member
    Tennessee went from #2 in 2010 to #4 in 2011....lol wow
  • Mustangsally1000
    Mustangsally1000 Posts: 854 Member
    Michigan, pretty damn fat!! #5 on the list. Yikes!!!!:noway:
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    13, my state is a fat *kitten*

    Yep, I can't believe almost 30% of the population of OH is obese. Makes me want to move...Colorado is looking better every day!
  • algebravoodoo
    algebravoodoo Posts: 776 Member
    I'm ticked. Here I am doing my part, yet Florida has risen 7 places. Why do I bother?

    At least you don't live in Mississippi.
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    # 13. Man.
  • VeganZombie13
    VeganZombie13 Posts: 297
    Colorado still leanest
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    Hmm... now I know why I got fat!

    I was born in a thin state (43rd), moved to a fatter state (29th), and then to an even fatter one (13th)! Ohio made me obese. :sad:

    (typo ._.)
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I honestly thought Texas would be top five or so. 12 isn't THAT bad in comparison, but still. Hopefully that number will go down eventually.
  • T34418l3angel
    T34418l3angel Posts: 474 Member
    I'm ticked. Here I am doing my part, yet Florida has risen 7 places. Why do I bother?

    At least you don't live in Mississippi.

    My sister, dad, and brother live in Mississippi :/ lol funny thing is they are all skinny lol
  • louiselebeau
    louiselebeau Posts: 220 Member
    Lucky 13, I lived in AZ and then back here. I like it back here because there is less meth use in my area and girls are not all puking in the restrooms....buuuuuuuut... there are not a lot of healthy people here. People I work with expect us to put 5 lbs of sugar in a 5 gallon sweet tea igloo.... Ick, Sugared tea is gross anyway... the biggest champion for the sweet tea has the dark diabetes spots on her face and is as wide as she is tall, she gets winded walking 10 feet. No one cares here.
  • T34418l3angel
    T34418l3angel Posts: 474 Member
    And I knew my move from Nevada to Oklahoma made me fat!!! Lol
  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    TX is #12.... =/
  • sjkcarter
    sjkcarter Posts: 417 Member
    #38 for Mn. I would think all the hearty food we eat during the long winters we would be fatter.
  • rrneal625
    rrneal625 Posts: 69 Member
    Originally from CA (#40), lived in Missouri for 25 years (#11).....and now in Arizona (#35)!
  • dkrieser
    dkrieser Posts: 84 Member
    Oklahoma #7! not surprised.....
  • nbhobbes
    nbhobbes Posts: 284
    New Hampshire is #33. We should be hire up but people from Mass #48 keep moving here.

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