The 7 Most Obese U.S. States

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signalmankenneth

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All Red States Too, No Surprise here?!!

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/26/the-7-most-obese-us-states.aspx
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Wide Load???

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Super Size Me???

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Pull Pork Indeed???

These states are also a drain on our health care cost too!
 
America isn't even close to being fat, we're so healthy that we win most sports competitions.
Ethopia is the fattest country.
wait where is ethopia again
 
Sadly, your article states that the high fat content in diets is a major reason for the obesity in those 7 states. While the people who publish the Food Pyramid Posters want you to believe that, it is entirely inaccurate.

If this country pust as much money and energy into actual nutritional research as we do into bombing third world countries, we would be able to save hundreds of thousands of lives and make healthcare a much smaller expense.
 
WinterBorn said:
Sadly, your article states that the high fat content in diets is a major reason for the obesity in those 7 states. While the people who publish the Food Pyramid Posters want you to believe that, it is entirely inaccurate.

If this country pust as much money and energy into actual nutritional research as we do into bombing third world countries, we would be able to save hundreds of thousands of lives and make healthcare a much smaller expense.
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I've done research on the links between Uneducation and Red States (the more uneducated you are, the more red you are....generally) but I love this new link that opens up Obesity (food education) and red states.
 
Anti-Party said:
I've done research on the links between Uneducation and Red States (the more uneducated you are, the more red you are....generally) but I love this new link that opens up Obesity (food education) and red states.
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The entire nation is misled and uneducated where our food is concerned. We think we can thrive on grains that our systems were never developed to utilize. We call fats and proteins the problem and stuff our faces with "low fat" bagels thinking we will do good when we are actually harming our bodies.

And the nutritional info we receive in school or from the gov't is bought and paid for by the agri-business interests.
 
WinterBorn said:
The entire nation is misled and uneducated where our food is concerned. We think we can thrive on grains that our systems were never developed to utilize. We call fats and proteins the problem and stuff our faces with "low fat" bagels thinking we will do good when we are actually harming our bodies.

And the nutritional info we receive in school or from the gov't is bought and paid for by the agri-business interests.
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EVERYTHING the Government says and sells is bought by Business.......

A lesson many haven't learned yet.

I tend to think the people run America. Not organizations with a monetary interest.
 
i used to weigh 450 pounds and am now down to 300 with a goal of 220 ( i will have surgery to remove excess skin when i reach 220 which will likely drop my weight down to 200)

i used to be type 2 diabetic but now i no longer need to use insulin

i use fewer medications and less of others
 
Don Quixote said:
i used to weigh 450 pounds and am now down to 300 with a goal of 220 ( i will have surgery to remove excess skin when i reach 220 which will likely drop my weight down to 200)

i used to be type 2 diabetic but now i no longer need to use insulin

i use fewer medications and less of others
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DQ, that is EXCELLENT!!! I haVE love a lot of weight and gotten in better shape than I have been since I was a teen. Most of mine has been diet and exercise. But the changes in diet have not been low fat, but Paleo-diet. I gave up grains, legumes, and dairy. I eat great and feel like million bucks!
 
Don Quixote said:
i used to weigh 450 pounds and am now down to 300 with a goal of 220 ( i will have surgery to remove excess skin when i reach 220 which will likely drop my weight down to 200)

i used to be type 2 diabetic but now i no longer need to use insulin

i use fewer medications and less of others
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People don't get into your position without a "enable" group.

Support groups lead you in the correct direction.

Note; Not forced support like mandatory small soda's. But vocal support like people who have speeches about avoiding large soda's......

Government should be like Religion in that it should take a stand. Yet it shouldn't force it. It should voice it.
 
WinterBorn said:
DQ, that is EXCELLENT!!! I haVE love a lot of weight and gotten in better shape than I have been since I was a teen. Most of mine has been diet and exercise. But the changes in diet have not been low fat, but Paleo-diet. I gave up grains, legumes, and dairy. I eat great and feel like million bucks!
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good for you

i did it an easier way though, i had a gastric bypass

a major part of my problem is that i cannot tell when i am full, my system does not signal properly so i over ate unless i consciously avoided it

now i eat more fruit and nuts with some meat and avoid fat in my diet...mostly, but there is no doubt that i am healthier

i promised my older son that i would dance at his daughter's weddings and they are only 3 and 5!

so i have to be good
 
Anti-Party said:
People don't get into your position without a "enable" group.

Support groups lead you in the correct direction.

Note; Not forced support like mandatory small soda's. But vocal support like people who have speeches about avoiding large soda's......

Government should be like Religion in that it should take a stand. Yet it shouldn't force it. It should voice it.
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i stopped drinking sodas with sugar and had a gastric bypass

when i want some drink (usually tea) sweetened i use stevia extract, a non-nutritive sweeter without the negative side effects of other non-nutritive sweeteners
 
Don Quixote said:
i stopped drinking sodas with sugar and had a gastric bypass

when i want some drink (usually tea) sweetened i use stevia extract, a non-nutritive sweeter without the negative side effects of other non-nutritive sweeteners
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I appreciate that you lost weight.

My Left Wing side is happy you will live a longer happier life with your family and be a better influence on them.

My Right Wing side is happy you might cost me less money on Health Insurance.
 
Anti-Party said:
I appreciate that you lost weight.

My Left Wing side is happy you will live a longer happier life with your family and be a better influence on them.

My Right Wing side is happy you might cost me less money on Health Insurance.
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sort of a win win
 
WinterBorn said:
Sadly, your article states that the high fat content in diets is a major reason for the obesity in those 7 states. While the people who publish the Food Pyramid Posters want you to believe that, it is entirely inaccurate.

If this country pust as much money and energy into actual nutritional research as we do into bombing third world countries, we would be able to save hundreds of thousands of lives and make healthcare a much smaller expense.
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Good luck with getting Wall Street to go along with that. Did you hear the response of the CEO of McDonalds when challanged by a young lady for selling junk food? He denied that McDonalds sells junk food. Talk about denial and self interest!
 
WinterBorn said:
DQ, that is EXCELLENT!!! I haVE love a lot of weight and gotten in better shape than I have been since I was a teen. Most of mine has been diet and exercise. But the changes in diet have not been low fat, but Paleo-diet. I gave up grains, legumes, and dairy. I eat great and feel like million bucks!
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Ahhh nutrition.....the last great scientific frontier. Though I do disagree with certain aspects of the paleo diet, their fetish against whole grains for example. The notion that humans did not evolve to digest grains is utter non-sense. Obesity in America has more to do with over eating large quantities of low quality processed foods combined with a sedentary life style than anything else. Large amounts of any one food group in the human diet are unhealthy, particularly if they undergo a lot of processing. The key to a healthy diet is a wide variety of unprocessed "whole" foods in moderate quantities combined with regular physical activity. In that regards I do agree with the paleo diet with it's emphasis on whole unprocessed food.
 
Anti-Party said:
EVERYTHING the Government says and sells is bought by Business.......

A lesson many haven't learned yet.

I tend to think the people run America. Not organizations with a monetary interest.
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you contradict yourself. If everything is bought and sold by business, then business runs america, not the people.
It is precisely monetary interest that runs america.

sorry to step on your sandcastle
 
for example, the farmer assurance act, or Monsanto protection act as it's also known, is a perfect example of business running america.
 
Quit smoking .... Gained 50 lbs in a year. Not good for the BP. Have lost 35 so far. I know what it takes but must admit that I do hate it. I like to smoke and I like to cook/eat good food. Can't do either and live a long life. So I'm being good but I ain't happy about it.
 
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