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WrestlinFan
12/21/19 2:36:16 AM
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I'd love a documentary/video that explored underlying reasons as to why the deep south has much higher obesity rates than the rest of the US.

Or just my cemen bros giving their experience.

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SH_expert44
12/21/19 2:39:02 AM
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Isnt the food traditionally very unhealthy? Moreso than the rest of america.

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Guide
12/21/19 2:39:51 AM
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"We don't need no fancy learn-ed daaawc-terr tellin's us what we can and can't eat!"

I invite your wrath.

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SH_expert44
12/21/19 2:40:44 AM
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Guide posted...
"We don't need no fancy learn-ed daaawc-terr tellin's us what we can and can't eat!"

I invite your wrath.
NGL thats kinda racist bruh.

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vigorm0rtis
12/21/19 2:43:21 AM
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SH_expert44 posted...
NGL thats kinda racist bruh.

It's not.

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Extreme_light
12/21/19 2:44:45 AM
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SH_expert44 posted...
Isnt the food traditionally very unhealthy? Moreso than the rest of america.

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These

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Guide
12/21/19 2:47:50 AM
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SH_expert44 posted...
NGL thats kinda racist bruh.

What? Don't need to be a particular race to be stup--southern.

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WrestlinFan
12/21/19 10:30:23 AM
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metallica846 posted...
Poverty

Cheap fast food everywhere.
Right. You aren't gonna find a Whole Foods around anywhere.

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Jabodie
12/21/19 10:30:42 AM
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Too hot to move around.

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Jabodie
12/21/19 10:31:18 AM
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WrestlinFan posted...
Right. You aren't gonna find a Whole Foods around anywhere.
Haha, I think Whole Foods is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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KillerSlaw
12/21/19 10:31:20 AM
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Biscuits and Gravy
Lots of Fried Foods
They really love Coke and Sweet Tea from what I've seen
They also really love not moving around so much due to the heat/humidity.

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yemmy
12/21/19 10:36:07 AM
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WrestlinFan posted...
Right. You aren't gonna find a Whole Foods around anywhere.

Hmm let's see I live in the south and I have a Whole Foods, a Sprouts, and a Trader Joes all in my hometown.

I think the reason is that the south used to burn more calories. More farmers and manual labor down here historically.

It isn't like they don't have fatty food in New Jersey.


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ElatedVenusaur
12/21/19 10:36:21 AM
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Jabodie posted...
Haha, I think Whole Foods is headquartered in Austin, TX.
It is, as a matter of fact.(I work there). The first store was initially called "Safer Way", because John Mackey is insufferable.

But yeah, the South has a lot of poverty(and also generally less generous SNAP and WIC programs to boot) and poverty leads to eating as cheaply as possible. And cheap food in this country is full of added fats and sugars, and if you're working a full-time job or more just to make ends meet, you don't have time to make a healthy dinner.
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RescueBC
12/21/19 11:44:53 AM
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I live in Tennessee and was listening to an interesting state legislative committee meeting. TN is ranked very low in overall health when it comes to preventable diseases. We're pretty much in the bottom 10 in every metric. So, they showed a map of the state where each county was ranked and colored based on the percentage of people with poor health. The healthiest counties were lighter red or whatever the color was, and the unhealthy counties were shaded darker. Later on, they showed an income map, county by county as well. I actually paused and took pics of these images to compare because almost all of the counties with the poorest health were also the ones with the lowest income. The healthier counties were those with the higher incomes. So, while I dont think that it is the only factor, I would imagine that the lower average income status of the south definitely plays into this. In addition to opting for cheaper shitty food, it's also easy for low income individuals, who often dont have the capacity to obtain mental health services, to fall into a big ol' pit of depression and get the "fuck it's" and not be motivated to do anything about their health.

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JBaLLEN66
12/21/19 11:48:26 AM
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Its not just the south

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ThyCorndog
12/21/19 11:49:25 AM
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poverty and everything is fried

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Esrac
12/21/19 11:49:58 AM
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vigorm0rtis posted...
It's not.

Eh...

I dunno. The south does have a relatively high black population. And black people tend to suffer more often from the obesity epidemic because they eat a lot of shitty food.

It might not be intentionally racist, but you could say it's treading the line.
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Sphyx
12/21/19 11:49:59 AM
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The Earth bulges out at the equator.
The south of the US is closer to the equator, so they bulge out too.

It's just physics.

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DarkBuster22904
12/21/19 11:51:17 AM
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Southern food is fucking delicious.

Which goes hand in hand with it being basically consumable heart attacks

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vigorm0rtis
12/21/19 12:01:09 PM
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Esrac posted...
Eh...

I dunno. The south does have a relatively high black population. And black people tend to suffer more often from the obesity epidemic because they eat a lot of shitty food.

It might not be intentionally racist, but you could say it's treading the line.

Only if you want it to be.

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Southernfatman
12/21/19 12:02:13 PM
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We are poorer, love our sugar, and generally eat like shit.

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furb
12/21/19 12:03:00 PM
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Poverty, culture, and rural setting. Food deserts. Not changing diet with change in work -- no longer farming and mining all day but still eating that way.

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DiegoSanchez206
12/21/19 12:04:08 PM
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yemmy posted...
Hmm let's see I live in the south and I have a Whole Foods, a Sprouts, and a Trader Joes all in my hometown.

I think the reason is that the south used to burn more calories. More farmers and manual labor down here historically.

It isn't like they don't have fatty food in New Jersey.
If you have all three of those, you live in a city, not a town.

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furb
12/21/19 12:05:08 PM
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There is not a single whole foods in my entire state in Appalachia.

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Sphyx
12/21/19 12:05:19 PM
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Southernfatman posted...
We are poorer, love our sugar and fried foods, and generally eat like shit.
*sees name, says nothing*

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alimajor
12/21/19 12:08:08 PM
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Its been said already but its probably more dependent on the economic state of where you live in the south.

i lived in Atlanta for 20 years and there arent a lot of fat people there. Most people are pretty active and healthy. Even the bigger people still workout, maybe not as much the ought to but they still workout
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Southernfatman
12/21/19 12:08:15 PM
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Sphyx posted...
*sees name, says nothing*

You could say I'm an authority on the subject.

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Malcrasternus
12/21/19 12:11:11 PM
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Corn bread.

Corn. Bread.

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gatorsPENSbucs
12/21/19 12:14:05 PM
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JBaLLEN66 posted...
Its not just the south
That. But people love having wrong stereotypes about the south.

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Cornmuffins
12/21/19 12:21:45 PM
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Esrac posted...


Eh...

I dunno. The south does have a relatively high black population. And black people tend to suffer more often from the obesity epidemic because they eat a lot of shitty food.

It might not be intentionally racist, but you could say it's treading the line.


I assumed it was a white hillbilly.
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K181
12/21/19 12:24:13 PM
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To ensure that they don't rise again.

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DezDroppedFreak
12/21/19 12:25:30 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

That. But people love having wrong stereotypes about the south.

TC is from Mississippi

I am an Alabama man

Its not wrong
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WrestlinFan
12/21/19 12:26:05 PM
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Jabodie posted...
Haha, I think Whole Foods is headquartered in Austin, TX.
There's one location in all of Mississippi and only a small handful in Alabama and even Tennessee.

I guess my mindset is more on the deep south.

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Garioshi
12/21/19 12:26:43 PM
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Corporations having free reign.

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WrestlinFan
12/21/19 12:28:46 PM
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K181 posted...
To ensure that they don't rise again.
kek

DezDroppedFreak posted...
TC is from Mississippi

I am an Alabama man

Its not wrong
Yeah. I mean we always rank highest in obesity, life expectancy, infant morality rates, education, etc. Lots of the stereotypes have tangible evidence to back it up.

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emblem boy
12/21/19 12:29:55 PM
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WrestlinFan posted...
deep south has much higher obesity rates than the rest of the US.

How much higher is it?
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BigTee66
12/21/19 12:32:00 PM
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Because we know how to cook and the foods taste too good...like...too good. Go to New Orleans for a week and i can guarantee that if you went for a vacation for a week you will gain a bit of weight

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WrestlinFan
12/21/19 12:34:38 PM
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Southernfatman
12/21/19 12:34:50 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
That. But people love having wrong stereotypes about the south.

DezDroppedFreak posted...
TC is from Mississippi

I am an Alabama man

Its not wrong

Another Mississippian here. It's not wrong.

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DiegoSanchez206
12/21/19 12:41:48 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...
That. But people love having wrong stereotypes about the south.
Its not stereotyping if its true. There is an obesity epidemic in many places, but even more true in the south.

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PikachuMaxwell
12/21/19 12:45:26 PM
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Chicken Fried Bacon is apparently a specialty in Texas.

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gatorsPENSbucs
12/21/19 12:55:31 PM
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Cornmuffins posted...
I assumed it was a white hillbilly.
The learned part had me assuming other.

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UnfairRepresent
12/21/19 12:57:27 PM
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Ever noticed In breaking bad all the intelligent characters were in decent shape and had no accent

While all the stupid characters were Fat and had really strong southern accents?

Except Skinny Pete I guess
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jumi
12/21/19 12:58:10 PM
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Racism weighs a lot.

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Cornmuffins
12/21/19 1:55:54 PM
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

The learned part had me assuming other.


Really? I was picturing Cletus from The Simpsons when reading it
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gatorsPENSbucs
12/21/19 2:16:06 PM
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Cornmuffins posted...
Really? I was picturing Cletus from The Simpsons when reading it
Lol I can see that.

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SSMajinVegeta2
12/21/19 2:36:36 PM
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Cuz fried food is amazing.

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