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Nibbles: Weight and birth defects, plus the power of McDonald's Mississippi once again fattest state, Colorado still leanest, California only state not getting fatter For 2007 Mississippi has once again claimed the title of fattest state, while Colorado repeats as the leanest. Wisconsin rose the most places in the rankings over last year, while California dropped the most, according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc. Mississippi is the first state ever whose obese population exceeds 30% over a three-year average. And two-thirds of its citizens were either overweight or obese by CDC standards in 2006. West Virginia replaced Alabama as the second fattest state, while Oklahoma entered the fattest ten for the first time, tying for ninth place. Also not faring well this year were Wisconsin, which rose seven places to 22, and South Carolina and Nevada, both of which rose four places, to 5 and 37 respectively. "As an avid fisherman and bike rider, I know first-hand that Colorado provides a great environment for active, healthy lifestyles," commented Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado, on hearing that his state ranks leanest in the CalorieLab rankings. "However, we're not spared from the national obesity epidemic, and we must remain vigilant in order to guard against it. We're doing all we can to encourage Coloradans -- especially our kids -- to take advantage of the natural resources our state offers in order to stay fit, healthy and happy." Because of this, California's position in the Fattest States rankings dropped from 30 to 36. Pennsylvania dropped four places, and Texas dropped three places. In general, states in the West and New England rank lowest in the fattest states rankings, while states in the South and the Rust Belt tend to rank highest. CalorieLab computed the fattest state rankings for this year and last based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database maintained by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The rankings use a three-year average in order to smooth out statistical fluctuations. Because of the overall increase in obesity, CalorieLab this year shifted the color coding used in its map one percentage point higher to maintain an approximately equal number of states per color.
August 28th, 2007 at 12:55 pm it appears that the addition of High Fructose Corn Syrup to the food supply in the late 1980's as a sweetner to replace sugar, corresponds with the high incidence of childhood obesitiy and diabetes seen over the past 20 years within the USA. Lunch meats, breads, fast foods, soft drinks often have High Fructose Corn Syryp as an additive that is said to trick the brain into not feeling full, so you can supersize it and still feel hungry and keep eating, getting fatter and fatter. The benefits to the food industry are lower cost of product than with sugar and increased consumer demand. Consequences for the USA, childhood obesity and diabetes and the related health problems of diabetes.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:19 pm We can't blame advertisers for enticing us, fast food restaurants for offering a supersize or our schools for not instilling healthy habits in our children. WE are responsible for what goes into our bodies and our children's bodies. It is the job of advertisers and fast food restaurants to try to get our money. I just kills me that someone can blame their obesity on an outside influences or hidden ingredients. My body is MINE and to give responsibility for it to somebody else is to give up control in a way that I am not willing to do and can't believe that other people consent too. Yes I live in Colorado and yes I walk just about everywhere and I eat the organic veggies I grow myself but I am by no means the skinniest girl on my block.
August 28th, 2007 at 10:07 pm I'm from Colorado too, and I know that most mountain towns, like the one I live in, have either completely banned the building of fast food joints (Crested Butte and Aspen for sure) or discourage the building of them by most people in the community. We haven't had a fast food joint built in Gunnison for at lease 10 years. The few fast food places we have left are mainly kept in business by all the tourists that visit here year-round. I recently went to Kentucky to visit some friends and I couldn't believe the junk that they eat on a regular basis, and all the soda they drink. I don't know anyone who drink sodas on a regular basis here in Colorado. Also, would be hard to be obese in a place with such thin air.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:23 am Acomplia - Luqaimat Combo Solution It is well known that obesity nowadays is an epidemic, and in order to reverse this spread, cooperation between scientists is required. In January 2005, I got a very simple but effective idea which proved successful with my obese patients. It depends mainly on training them several times (5-10) per day on taking micro-meals, which I named it by its Arabic name: Luqaimat. These Luqaimat may be a single or even a part of fruit, vegetable, one or half cup of yoghurt, a small piece of bakery or sweets, or 1 - 5 pieces of nuts, etc. I aimed by this Luqaimat Training Technique "LTT" to regularly satiate the hypothalamus with the minimal volume of food. I advised for the end of the day a moderate-sized diversified meal. I aimed by this rewarding meal the satisfaction of the hippocampus. We know that Acomplia 20 mg is effective in reducing about 10% of body weight. However, the long duration and the high dosage of Acomplia could be the cause of the few cases of suicidal attempts. I think it will be a good idea to start a comparative study between: Using a combo of Acomplia 20 mg plus LTT diet and stopping the Accomplia intake after few weeks, or Using combo of Acomplia 10 mg plus LTT diet plan for long. One or both of the approaches can succeed in minimizing the depressive side effects. Hence, it may be possible for the FDA to reconsider its refusal of Acomplia. Nicholas Christakis of the University of California announced in 2007 that obesity is socially contagious. The Acomplia-Luqaimat combo could spread the successful weight loss trend from the obese patients to their friends and relatives. By this combo, the obesity trend in all states of USA may be reversed for the first time in recent years.
September 17th, 2007 at 10:39 am Its all very well producing statistics like this, the real thing we need to know is WHY the results are as above? Why is there a clear division between the east and west? Why is there a cluster of small states in the northeast that are very lean?
September 18th, 2007 at 8:56 pm This is Laura reporting from Louisiana. I make it a point to eat healthy and exercise at least once a day for 30 to 60 minutes via running, swimming, playing sports, or teaching aerobics. In response to Stuart, this is one account for my state so we can get to the bottom of this and maybe find some trends in the southern states. Some of my close friends eat fast food at least twice a day. The high school I went to had no emphasis on health education and made no attempt to develop active, organized physical education programs. Luckily I played all kinds of sports year-round, so I received adequate exercise. At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette we still have vending machineds in every building on campus, filled with fatty, sugary snacks. I know these machines are in all middle and high schools as well. Our Cajun heritage has a lot to do with the way we cook. We have no winter sports available, and during the summer it is so hot and humid that it's difficult to remain hydrated and it's borderline dangerous to be exercising in the heat. I've been to California and Colorado, and the weather is extremely inviting for physical activity.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:20 am This is Johnny, Junior, at the University of Arkansas. I think that Laura made a good point: Summer weather in the Southeast is hot and very humid. Our weather during that four-month period is not entic...
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