Why are Mississippi Folks so fat?

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In an effort to increase site traffic so DS gets a new Samsung frame before kickoff ..why are we so fat as a state. I know other states are as well but watch an MSU game on tv the fan base is obese.
Food?
Poor choice for nutrition ?
Genetics?
Sedentary lifestyle?
 

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We had a thread about what we put mayo on the other day which included things like green beans and black eyed peas. That + it's too far to walk most places. Doubt there's a significant genetics influence given that all races seem to be fat in the state. Definitely an environment thing.
 
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I've never been fat, but I've started intermittent fasting (16/8). All I do is eat between noon and 8 pm, drinking plenty of water when I'm fasting. At first, I got hungry around 10 am, but now it doesn't bother me in the slightest to wait until noon.

I've never felt better. It makes me wonder how much easier it would be for overweight people to lose weight if they just followed 16/8 intermittent fasting. If you're struggling with weight, it's probably worth at least trying.
 

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It's poverty. A map of poverty by county looks very similar to a map of obesity by country for a variety of sociological reasons.

It's fascinating how the whitest state (WV) and the blackest state (MS) are the two fattest states, or at least very near the top depending on the study.
 

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It's poverty. A map of poverty by county looks very similar to a map of obesity by country for a variety of sociological reasons.

It's fascinating how the whitest state (WV) and the blackest state (MS) are the two fattest states, or at least very near the top depending on the study.
Add to that, the cheapest food is the worst food for you.
 

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For MS, I think you have to look at demographic breakdowns, in certain circles, being skinny is not desirable, in fact the opposite is the case (fat is considered sexy). Plus the poorer one is the more they enjoy what they can enjoy, food is cheap in the land of plenty, poor folks care less about living long lives an being healthy.

The "food desert" ideology is silly. It is cheaper to eat salads than any other food. Open a salad bar and a Popeye's next door to each other, the salad bar will go broke quickly.
 

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The two most childhood vaccinated states are West Virginia and Mississippi. The two fattest states are West Virginia and Mississippi. It wasn’t until 2023 Mississippi started allowing for religious exemptions with regards to childhood vaccines. West Virginia law currently still does not allow for religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations.
 

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I've never been fat, but I've started intermittent fasting (16/8). All I do is eat between noon and 8 pm, drinking plenty of water when I'm fasting. At first, I got hungry around 10 am, but now it doesn't bother me in the slightest to wait until noon.

I've never felt better. It makes me wonder how much easier it would be for overweight people to lose weight if they just followed 16/8 intermittent fasting. If you're struggling with weight, it's probably worth at least trying.
Mom?
 
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The two most childhood vaccinated states are West Virginia and Mississippi. The two fattest states are West Virginia and Mississippi. It wasn’t until 2023 Mississippi started allowing for religious exemptions with regards to childhood vaccines. West Virginia law currently still does not allow for religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations.
Are you trying to link vaccines to childhood obesity?
 
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The two most childhood vaccinated states are West Virginia and Mississippi. The two fattest states are West Virginia and Mississippi. It wasn’t until 2023 Mississippi started allowing for religious exemptions with regards to childhood vaccines. West Virginia law currently still does not allow for religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations.
Stupidest post you've made since your last one.
 

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The two most childhood vaccinated states are West Virginia and Mississippi. The two fattest states are West Virginia and Mississippi. It wasn’t until 2023 Mississippi started allowing for religious exemptions with regards to childhood vaccines. West Virginia law currently still does not allow for religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations.
Bless you heart.
 
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The "food desert" ideology is silly. It is cheaper to eat salads than any other food. Open a salad bar and a Popeye's next door to each other, the salad bar will go broke quickly.
All the sociologists, nutritionists, and economists who have conducted studies and analyzed data are wrong?
Food deserts as a concept are silly?


Interesting take.
 

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We had this conversation a few years ago. Then and now, I'll relate that in 2005, I visited NYC Manhattan, and elsewhere.
My observation was that most people were leaner than at home. They walk almost everywhere they go... Had to, not much choice,,,and/ or get a taxi.
 

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I get the feeling that very few people here are on board with what RFK Jr is working on. I for one believe in what he is doing.

There are poisons in our food that are slowly killing us
Does this mean we can no longer dye our Easter Eggs? Asking for a friend.
 
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The two most childhood vaccinated states are West Virginia and Mississippi. The two fattest states are West Virginia and Mississippi. It wasn’t until 2023 Mississippi started allowing for religious exemptions with regards to childhood vaccines. West Virginia law currently still does not allow for religious or philosophical exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations.
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All the sociologists, nutritionists, and economists who have conducted studies and analyzed data are wrong?
Food deserts as a concept are silly?


Interesting take.
Likely the same folks that said that spanking kids was bad, we should pay for gender transition surgery for minors and to blindly take the jab. Common sense tells you this is silly. If folks in the hood, or a small delta town, would rather spend their money on salads than fried foods, then the vendors would supply that. It is cheaper to provide someone grilled chicken breast and salads than fried chicken and rice and gravy.

Don't be a simp, don't be lemming, question everything.
 

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In an effort to increase site traffic so DS gets a new Samsung frame before kickoff ..why are we so fat as a state. I know other states are as well but watch an MSU game on tv the fan base is obese.
Food?
Poor choice for nutrition ?
Genetics?
Sedentary lifestyle?


A small sample size, population-wise
Increasingly elderly population

I'm sure they don't have Fried foods and other states.
 
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Exercise, sleep and genetics has a lot more to do with it than diet.
“Diet” includes the amount eaten. Maybe that’s where we disagree. Overeating beyond what you burn is absolutely correlated to obesity. I don’t think you’ll find anyone but you making that argument. You can do no exercise, reduce your caloric intake below you what is needed to just lay there all day, and you’ll lose weight.

Do you think it’s more likely that (a) people in Mississippi sleep less than the states with lower obesity levels or (b) they eat well above their caloric needs? I can ask the same question with being genetically predisposed to be fat vs. eating too many calories. How is it that the genetics in MS somehow have gotten so bad?
 

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Calories in, calories out. It’s a simplistic, but it fits our state.

There was a study about 10 years ago that found Mississippi drank on average more sugary drinks (ie soda and sweet tea) than any other state, in some cases by almost double compared to other states on average. The study implied Mississippians averaged consuming more calories.

In 2022, Mississippi and WV were the self-reported least active states. Apple smart watches reported in 2024 that of smart watch activity reports, MS was in the bottom 3 states.

So we take in more calories and are less active (fewer calories out).
 

BoDawg.sixpack

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“Diet” includes the amount eaten. Maybe that’s where we disagree. Overeating beyond what you burn is absolutely correlated to obesity. I don’t think you’ll find anyone but you making that argument. You can do no exercise, reduce your caloric intake below you what is needed to just lay there all day, and you’ll lose weight.

Do you think it’s more likely that (a) people in Mississippi sleep less than the states with lower obesity levels or (b) they eat well above their caloric needs? I can ask the same question with being genetically predisposed to be fat vs. eating too many calories. How is it that the genetics in MS somehow have gotten so bad?

See Raiderdawg's post and there's your answer. Also sweet drinks are a segment of junk food that will get you in trouble not just because of the sugar content but because of how high their specific gravity is. The kidney's can't do their job nearly as efficiently when there's liquid being pumped through them as concentrated as modern sodas.

And further, the poverty argument fails when you zoom out of the United States. Some of the lowest income countries have the lowest obesity rates world wide.
 
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