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Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:05 pm
by tough old man
national average:
2011 Most Obese Metro Areas
Metro Area % Obese
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas 38.8
Binghamton, N.Y. 37.6
Huntington-Ashland, W.Va./Ky./Ohio 36
Rockford, Ill. 35.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas (tie) 33.8
Charleston, W.Va. (tie) 33.8
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla. 33.5
Topeka, Kan. 33.3
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Wash. 33.2
Reading, Pa. 32.7
Source: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
We're #4! We're #4!
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:17 pm
by syaigh
I'm kind of shocked Atlanta isn't on there. Last time I was there, it seemed like everyone was almost spherical.
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:44 pm
by cleaner464
Flyover Fatties.
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:34 am
by jgmack
The people who live there are fat too. It's not just the area.
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:57 am
by WildGorillaMan
syaigh wrote:I'm kind of shocked Atlanta isn't on there. Last time I was there, it seemed like everyone was almost spherical.
ATL does seem to be split between the ovoid and the rake-like, doesn't it?
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:16 am
by Blaidd Drwg
WildGorillaMan wrote:syaigh wrote:I'm kind of shocked Atlanta isn't on there. Last time I was there, it seemed like everyone was almost spherical.
ATL does seem to be split between the ovoid and the rake-like, doesn't it?
Crack is a helluva drug
Re: Metro Area Obesity
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:25 am
by Turdacious
Blaidd Drwg wrote:WildGorillaMan wrote:syaigh wrote:I'm kind of shocked Atlanta isn't on there. Last time I was there, it seemed like everyone was almost spherical.
ATL does seem to be split between the ovoid and the rake-like, doesn't it?
Crack is a helluva drug
Beat me to it.