Is Your State Making You Fat???

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  • mistesh
    mistesh Posts: 243 Member
    Haha, there is no way people would choose more regulation of pollution and smog no matter how fat they think they get from such bad air. Those who need disciplin the most are those who resist it the most. That's how they got there in the first place, first little by little, then it snowballs, and before you know it, you're addicted, at which point help is the last thing you want if it means giving up your habit, in this case your illusion of freedom.
  • 2aycocks
    2aycocks Posts: 415 Member
    It's not the STATE that's making us Texans fat. It's all that good Southern cooking! :laugh:
  • triciab79
    triciab79 Posts: 1,713 Member
    Have you ever had dinner in LA or MS? If you had you would understand why the people there are larger. The marriage of French, Creole, Southern, Soul food, and killer BBQ is enough to fatten up the most health conscious person. The pollution types also vary by state. Smog for instance is not an issue in MS or LA who tend to deal more oil spills and pesticides. You need to do a lot more work on your theory.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    I've been doing a lot of research lately into what exactly causes this huge obesity epidemic. So many people these days are overweight and you know that it cannot just be due to thyroids and lack of desire. Almost all the overweight people I know say they want to lose weight! AND YET THEY DON'T.

    So I went into research mode, and I found some seriously shocking things. For instance, the states with the highest amount of pollution and smog are almost exactly the same as the states with the highest rates of obesity. Check out this science:

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    There are a few exceptions, but overall, the areas are really similar and this discovery is seriously ground breaking, I know that most of my friends have never considered moving to get away from obesity-causing pollutants, but I have been telling everyone about this since I discovered it.

    So what about it? Do you live in a state that is making you fat? If you do, would you consider moving?

    Ehhhhh... correlation does not imply causation. As much as I'd love to hop on this bandwagon, I have to point out this one very important caveat --

    The states with the high pollution levels also have a lot of urban areas. Urbanites tend to have more "white collar" jobs, i.e. more sedentary / less physically intensive. Also urban areas simply have more people to begin with... you don't hear about obesity being a problem in Montana because the population is extremely low and it's mostly farmers.

    I am not trying to immediately dismiss your research, it is an interesting theory... but there are too many variables to point out a singular 'cause' of obesity.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    This is the sort of "research" that gives research a bad name.

    There's this truism about correlation and causation. The OP should "research" it.

    This ^

    ^ This kind of inability to properly analyze an obvious situation is why I have no faith in the future of humanity.

    Sigh.

    You simply can't take such on "obvious" situation and come to such a broad conclusion. Her "research" fails to acknowledge individual causalities. Maybe it's not just pollution. Perhaps its because pollution occurs in industrial areas, which happen to have higher poverty rates, which in turn is the cause of obesity because of lack of funds to buy nutritious foods beyond McDondalds. Was the fact that there was pollution in the air the cause of obesity then? No, it was the circumstances that are sometimes parallel to pollution that caused it.

    1+1 does not always equal 2.

    Your continued inability to recognize the obvious fills me with both joyous laughter and sickening dismay.

    You need a cupcake.

    Red velvet? I'll add extra frosting.


    Quite cute how you're defending OP, though. You may give the online dating world a new success story.

    I never said I was defending her. You assumed that. I also don't date girls online. People online are crazy.

    Oh, hey, it's you. This argument again? :tongue:
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I've lived in a few different states and a few different countries and I've been fit and slender in all of them, so I think that I provide a protective barrier to the fat causing pollution.
  • 2aycocks
    2aycocks Posts: 415 Member
    It looks like it's Republicans that make you fat. Or are fat. Or something. It's probably because they go to church more and church ladies are always making delicious things with cool whip.

    Oh good grief! Seriously? You HAD to say this?

    If this is true, then HOW do you explain Barney Frank?? :yawn:
  • ksizzle911
    ksizzle911 Posts: 130 Member
    Uh yea......I live in Wisconsin. Beer, cheese and beer brats. Recipe for cardiac arrest
  • bbbgamer
    bbbgamer Posts: 582 Member
    nah... i doubt it
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Awesome, a thread to give people an excuse.

    "I live in a fat state, it's not my fault."

    correlation =/= causation
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    I've lived in a few different states and a few different countries and I've been fit and slender in all of them, so I think that I provide a protective barrier to the fat causing pollution.

    Maybe all the pollution went to your head instead of your thighs ;)
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    Awesome, a thread to give people an excuse.

    "I live in a fat state, it's not my fault."

    correlation =/= causation

    You're just making excuses for the polluters. I bet you work for a big industrial complex ravaging our air and water!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I've lived in a few different states and a few different countries and I've been fit and slender in all of them, so I think that I provide a protective barrier to the fat causing pollution.

    Maybe all the pollution went to your head instead of your thighs ;)

    Right! That's why I believe that I provide a protective barrier. It all makes sense now.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    I've lived in a few different states and a few different countries and I've been fit and slender in all of them, so I think that I provide a protective barrier to the fat causing pollution.

    Maybe all the pollution went to your head instead of your thighs ;)

    Right! That's why I believe that I provide a protective barrier. It all makes sense now.

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  • Moosycakes
    Moosycakes Posts: 258 Member
    The only thing or person to blame for being over weight is ONE'S SELF!!!!!!!!!

    Actually there are a lot of other factors that come into the equation, like socioeconomic status, social environment, culture, environment, history, biology, resources available, policies and legislation etc.

    You can't blame the person when they have so many factors influencing them and their behaviour :)
  • Ladywindchaser
    Ladywindchaser Posts: 44 Member
    Typical response to not being responsible for one's self!!!!!!!!!!!! Good grief and we wonder why we are in the State we are today!!!!!!!!!
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    Typical response to not being responsible for one's self!!!!!!!!!!!! Good grief and we wonder why we are in the State we are today!!!!!!!!!

    Some of us aren't in a State. Some of us are in a district or a province.

    Typical American.
  • TheWiseCat
    TheWiseCat Posts: 297
    Typical response to not being responsible for one's self!!!!!!!!!!!! Good grief and we wonder why we are in the State we are today!!!!!!!!!

    Some of us aren't in a State. Some of us are in a district or a province.

    Typical American.

    Some of us aren't in a state, district or province. Some of us are in a territory, republic, voivodship, riding, prefecture, okrug, duchy, division or principality.

    Typical Brit.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member
    I've been doing a lot of research lately into what exactly causes this huge obesity epidemic. So many people these days are overweight and you know that it cannot just be due to thyroids and lack of desire. Almost all the overweight people I know say they want to lose weight! AND YET THEY DON'T.

    So I went into research mode, and I found some seriously shocking things. For instance, the states with the highest amount of pollution and smog are almost exactly the same as the states with the highest rates of obesity. Check out this science:

    mtvc1Po.jpg

    H0Gb8KE.jpg

    There are a few exceptions, but overall, the areas are really similar and this discovery is seriously ground breaking, I know that most of my friends have never considered moving to get away from obesity-causing pollutants, but I have been telling everyone about this since I discovered it.

    So what about it? Do you live in a state that is making you fat? If you do, would you consider moving?

    I dont see it. Not much seems consistent with your theory. There are states/areas with high concentrations of pollution and low rates of obesity & vice versa. I travel across the US regularly and think culture & heritage plays a big role.

    Some areas of the US are big on fried foods, some are big cheese eaters, others are big on seafood.

    Something to consider; one of the biggest inventions that shifted the political dynamics in the U.S. was Air Conditioning. Its implementation in the late 1950's & early 60's caused an influx to hot and humid cities in the rural south & hot and arid western states. I also think that many areas with harsher climates nurture the people to stay indoors more and exercise less.
  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
    I blame Obama.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member
    I live in south Louisiana, where the most delicious food in the country is, so it's no wonder that LA ranks in one of the highest. Visit here and you'll understand...

    Anyway, the only thinking really making us fat is choosing to eat too much of the wrong things and not exercising enough. I's not exclusive to every single person living in their respective state.

    Ki sase bon cher. My people are from Abbeville and in my travels I have learned that you are right, there is no food that compares to ours.

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