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#1 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:10 pm

ATLANTA (AP) — The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey.

More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates.

Colorado was the least obese, with about 19 percent fitting that category in a random telephone survey done last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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#2 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:16 pm

Yeah, but there's less gravity at high altitude.
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#3 Post by kayrharris » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:21 pm

Yeah, I like that gravity idea.

I take exception to the overweight thing in Alabama. Not one member of my family is overweight. I don't think we were surveyed or however they gather up this information.
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#4 Post by SportsFan68 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:53 pm

kayrharris wrote:Yeah, I like that gravity idea.

I take exception to the overweight thing in Alabama. Not one member of my family is overweight. I don't think we were surveyed or however they gather up this information.
Random phone surveys, it said on 9News.
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#5 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:50 am

SportsFan68 wrote: Random phone surveys, it said on 9News.
So they call people and ask, "Are you obese?" :?
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#6 Post by Rexer25 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:59 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote: Random phone surveys, it said on 9News.
So they call people and ask, "Are you obese?" :?
Even better, they asked "Out of your 10 closest friends, how many could stand to lose a little weight?"
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#7 Post by gsabc » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:03 am

I think this was the survey that concluded that one out of every four Americans is obese.

Think of three friends. If they seem to be in shape to you, you're the one!
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#8 Post by BigDrawMan » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:18 am

i have concluded the following re the girthiness of western pa-ins

country folk are much fatter than cityfolk.

wealthier people are thin
the poor are fat
the middle class are on a diet

the bigger the truck, the fatter the mawg

black women dress like they are size 2s when they are size 22.
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