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Article Source: weightlossdietwatch.comclick to see info graphic... but the rest is here.
Here is a map of the red and blue states
and here is a map of the us if you need help with the abbreviations.
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Edit: I got this from popurls and mashables.
it was part of 5 Amazing Infographics For the Health Conscious
I didnt post that link so if someone else want to.. go for it.. it's kind of cool.
well gluttony is a republican ideology.
#1 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:50 PM EDTWill you next be posting maps of height and contrast it with political maps? Hey, how about maps showing which people drink the most milk vs. apple juice?
"Those dang shorties..."
"Those apple-suckin'..."
Gosh another attempt at superiority. Yes, oh you're so skinny lefties!
Thinness and fashion and celebrities are EVERYTHING, aren't they?
I live in a red state, we've improved our ranking over the years. Moving to a *now blueish red state and they have suffered a worse ranking over the past five years.
robynlewisTX...So joules, there are NO fat liberals, hmm?
Sure
To have any merit to your twisted conclusion works only if you believe there are no liberals in the Red States and ignore the rules of logic. This is a factual reflection of the obesity epidemic and the States they live in. There is a correlation between the GOP and fattest American populations.
While it does not prove anything about obesity or political preference, it does suggest to me that the States most in need of providing health care to their general population are doing their damnedest to keep it from happening.
There's an irony in that because our Congress is elected by one group of voters, but sworn to serve all the constituents and work in their best interest.
How the majority of the GoP States can have the greatest need for better health care options from nutrition education to treatments for the myriad of illness obesity breeds and yet the Members "representing" them are blind to the health and needs of their Big Butt Majority.
Even worse, they're enlisted in Tea Parties to fight against the help they desperately need by an army of loud mouthed misinformers poaching the moniker of the Conservatives when really they're conserving little more than corporate profiteering!!
Thanks Pamela for your comment..couldn't have said it better.
Here in ga the powers that are present have voted down to "not" support the health bill.
yet as a state we have serious problems esp with Joules map ranking Ga #3 in terms of obese youth
So joules, there are NO fat liberals, hmm?
apparently the right is logic deficient as well.
nah micheal moore is pretty fat.. gore was too.
when 9 out of the 10 fattest states are conservative, that makes one a liberal.
here is another clue.. men are generally on average, taller than women.
it's a fact.
Does that mean no women are taller than me?
anyways i seriously doubt it has to do with ideology.. the fattest states are all in the south. and we like our BBQ here.. A LOT.. I almost got fined one july afternoon for not grilling out.
I just found it of "cute" partisan interest/
Cholesterol and the associated platelets must be restricting blood flow to the red states residents brains. :^)
it is a kind of interesting correlation..most of the thinnest 25 are blue states while most of the fastest are red.
It's actually close enough that it does bear looking into.
#2 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:51 PM EDTWell that is certainly an interesting little tidbid. I'm underweight.
#3 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:01 PM EDTI hate to disappoint you all, but I'm quite svelte. I really don't see what this thread has to do with the price of pigeons in Peoria. My state is heavily Democratic and it's known for it's fatties. Go figure.
#5 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:31 PM EDTmen are generally taller than women.. this is a fact.
so does that mean I am taller than all women.. nope.
anyways they bitch abotu health care.. when obesity is one of our biggest costs.
they bitch about welfare when red states take in more federal dollars than they pay out in taxes.
they bitch about gays and yet have a tenancy to get caught having gay sex.
Anyways the price of pideons in Peoria is price controlled to americas obesity index, but you would know that if you were in the pigeon market.
;)
Thanks Broliver that was a nice map and information included is really a OMG moment.
Piigeons is squab, but it isn't the squab that gets them red states fat, it's the breakfast beers.
#6 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:47 PM EDTFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
LOL
Do the correlation to obesity related diseases like diabetes and heart disease next...
Now show the states with highest uninsured rates...
And finally add in tea party membership...
oh look - the map is the same.
ROTFLMAO.
#7 - Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:11 PM EDTI had no idea that there were pink and purple states. When'd that start?
#8 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:18 AM EDTThe colors were based on the distribution of the past four elections. Red states all R, pink states most R, purple states most D, blue states all D.
It is in the legend for the map.
B.S.
Yes, it is in the legend. Very good, BS. I saw that, too !!!!!!
The question was, when did they start using pink and purple states as identifyers? All through the election they ran "blue v red" in the ground like a buncha madmen. I've never heard of a "pink'" state, although it is more appealing than the same old crap they keep dumping on us.
I am unsure, but it is a good idea. The map is lass static that way and shows trends.
not sure about pink.. but purple came days after the 2000 election.. while the media was gloating on the fact that it invented the term "red and blue states" and the people had picked up on it.
Thank you, JoulesBeef. It just struck me as odd, because I do, and always have, listened as much or more than the average younger person to news/elections, and somehow, I never noticed pink and purple states. Odd, indeed....
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well they orginally used purple for those states that go both ways.
Pretty sure the gop dont like pink. and probably dont like red either.
Red is angry and mean or sexy.. not really good for a politician, great for women.
blue is calm, sky color, cool, nice./. I'm betting the gop would rather be blue.. as far as the colors go.
Angry and mean, I can buy that.... There is NOTHING at all sexy about anything even remotely resembling Republican, as far as I am seeing.
I like pink and purple, though. They both indicate priorities. Pink for little girls, purple for mystic. How could we possibly go wrong if we just focused on that?
Yes 27th! alright well when you got PE as a mandoatory subject in lower education in Illinois I'm not surprised we ain't lower.
#9 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:25 AM EDTInteresting, you've identified the anorexia belt, scary, I live in one of the (allegedly) reddest of states, and its in the skinny list.
#10 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:04 AM EDTInteresting, you've identified the anorexia belt, scary,
The opposite of obese isn't anorexic it is a healthy weight. What's more interesting is that you feel the need to defend an epidemic of illness, which obesity is, in order to protect their GoP "leadership" from any criticism or suggestion that the nature of the voters is tied to the "representation" they get. They're GoP porkers from the ballot box to the Congress, and no amount of name calling will alter the facts!!l
The opposite of obese isn't anorexic it is a healthy weight
No, by that thinking the opposite of a liberal is a moderate, you don't get to the opposite end of a scale by stopping in the middle.
What's more interesting is that you feel the need to defend an epidemic of illness, which obesity is, in order to protect their GoP "leadership" from any criticism
Umm, but I'm not a republican, then again, I'm not a democrat either, both are equally repugnant to me.
and no amount of name calling will alter the facts!!l
Um, didn't call anybody names, and this article is more of a "fact" in an old wive's tale sort of way, like the correlation between lightening and spoiled milk.
Really, who said anything about anorexia? The charts and maps show the percentage of the population that is overwieght. It does not address the issue of anorexia. All states have fat people, just some less than others. It is a nationwide problem.
yeah i live in a red state and pretty skinny myself.
and yeah this article has no basis in fact.
none.
well except the stats.
ti could be religion, it could be BBQ, it could be the local cuizines, could be poverty rates.
ti could be religion, it could be BBQ, it could be the local cuizines, could be poverty rates.
Exactly, as far as applicability goes in this, its "2+2=giraffe" Interesting but it doesn't actually mean anything.
The opposite of obese isn't anorexic it is a healthy weight.
Um ... yes it is.
Anorexia is a disease who's major symptom is being severely underweight.
Obesity is a disease who's major symptom is being severely overweight.
Severely underweight is the opposite of severely overweight.
Um ... yes it is.
Um...no..it isn't if we're referring to the context of the data comparing % of healthy weight to obese residents by State. The general point of the comments is to expand on the article and nowhere is there any discussion or data that suggest or substantiate anorexia in any of the States.
Well I live in one of the reddist states and all you have to do is go to Wal-Mart and see the truth. And they do vote accordingly. Love the maps Joules
#11 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:16 AM EDTThese States also have lower funding to education and lower wage jobs and more than a few are dominated by the giants of agribusiness who profit at the expense of human health and the environment.
Scorecard has a map of the factory farm waste that's dumped in order to create the cheap %$#@ the poor folks can swallow in sufficient volumes to achieve and maintain their obesity. It's a policy of dying for profits and Red States are swallowing the most %$#@ by many measures.
As a side note Joules, something with the vine won't let me vote up the seed and even reloading the page won't fix it so you have one more vote than it's showing on the counter and probably a few more too!!
#12 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:01 PM EDTIm pitching a pilot for Discovery Channel its called Chubby Chasers...My associate and I travel all around the country in search of, you guessed it, "fat" people. We go into local grocery stores, resturants, bars and events and interview various people to find out why and what the differences are between them and other "not so fat" people.
#13 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:27 PM EDTMy associate and I travel all around the country in search of, you guessed it, "fat" people.
so it was a short trip huh?
OK GOPrs i was just having harmless partisan fun/.
Obesity is a huge problem in the US.
ANd one of the main reasons for a high cost of health care, and our low mortality rate.
WE blow away #2 in the contest for fattest country.
and jokes aside.. we really should start to encourage america to shed some pounds.
no laws or anything just simple education.
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