How fat is your state?

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Let me see if I understand this:

If Mississippi is the FATTEST state in THIS "study"
and Mississippi is also the POOREST state in the United States according to most other "studies", then that means that the POOREST Americans are also the FATTEST Americans...

ONLY in AMERICA!!!

4-08-2008 @ 6:23PM

Alexifish said...

I'm really curious about the way they defined obesity in this study. It can be measured in a few ways like body fat percentage, weight, body mass index, etc...

But if you go by BMI (body mass index), which is a height/weight quotient, Tom Cruise would be considered severly obese... Not sure how accurate their study is.

4-08-2008 @ 7:45PM

George said...

"that the POOREST Americans are also the FATTEST"
Just look at the demographics of MISSISSIPPI!!!

4-08-2008 @ 8:16PM

Dhawk203 said...

Well Luna, research has show that the poorest people buy the cheapest foods. The cheapest foods are usually the fattiest. Hence the poorest people are the fattest.

6-13-2008 @ 8:42PM

Lori said...

well the poorest people by the cheapest food which make you gain the most...when i was on a tight buget we ate alot of spaghetti, hamburger helper, etc ..we couldnt afford the healthy food such as fruit

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