Comments on: Americans Fatter in 37 States

State-by-State Ratings Show Waistlines Still Widening

[estabwary]

Another headless fat person pic.
But with a flag -- does that mean it is patriotic to be fat?....or do they want fat people to wear flags?
So is it by residence or are they double-dippin
if we do work in a another state?

[kc9cvr]

Is it just me or does it seem that everyone on the news complaining of not having enough money to buy food is always 40 to 50 pounds overweight?

Posted by wl7bzh at 06:04 PM : Aug 20, 2008

~That would be because when you have very little money and have to watch every little bit you spend, the cheapest food is also the least healthy. Walk through any grocery store, and you''ll see it if you pay attention. All the healthy food costs at least twice as much as the junkier stuff. And when you are buying for quantity, you don''t have much choice. Believe me, I hate grocery shopping because of it. No matter how much I try to change our diet, it doesn''t help much because if we buy healthy, we get less food and if we get more food, is not so healthy.

[blazercoach1]

Sure Barbara, that renowned rich state of Mississippi leading the way....You had a good point until the very end.

Education, education, education. Wouldn''t all of you agree that the more educated you are, the more wealthy you TEND to be? I find it likely that educated people not only have the resources but the KNOWLEDGE to make better food/lifestyle choices.

Nothing surpising here as America gets dumber and dumber...and fatter and fatter.

[barbaram99]

They took recess out of school.
They raised the prices of the healthy food.
The poor must buy junk ,
As the rich eat a proper meal
the rest eat poorly.
Greed and money.
who is the fattest..
the rich..

[wl7bzh]

Is it just me or does it seem that everyone on the news complaining of not having enough money to buy food is always 40 to 50 pounds overweight?

[scottyusa]

So what should we do? Outlaw obesity? I wonder how all this data was obtained. Did they call everyone and ask them if they were fat? Do they just go by the number of people classified as obese by doctors? If so, the numbers are probably much bigger. The only cure for this is for scientists and drug companies to develop a pill that will make you lose weight. Anything short of that isn''t going to work because people just don''t care.

[kommoncents-2009]

By looking at the most fat states and the least fat states it''s obvious who the main culprits are.

Fossil fuel of the future.

[ubrew12]

"Straight in, suck up and go,
Cool it, swallow, swallow
Breathe deep, take it all
It comes cheap
Push it through the doors
Because in between the lines
Im gonna pack more lines
Im no crazy creep, Ive got it coming
To me because Im not satisfied
The hunger keeps on growing
I eat too much
I drink too much
I want too much
Too much"

Drill offshore. That''s solve everything.