more reason to stay out of the other country

That guy knows it's him (edit: there was a picture link of an obese male with no head, but the link was busted). Why do we bother cutting off the heads? Or are there no heads anymore. I think I'll need some insulin and a wheelbarrow for my half cinnabon.

Anyway, 8 of the top 10 obese states were in the south. Which raises some odd questions. Does this have to with poverty? Is this related to climate? What? (Florida wasn't on there). It was implied that rural citizens and black women were typically overweight and more common in the South. Maybe that's it, but that doesn't really explain why those two groups are overweight.

Since the study that this is based on is a self-responding phone survey, maybe there is less of a stigma of obesity in the South in general. It was also indicated that this study undershoots actual measurements.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/17/obesity.states.ap/index.html