Michigan is Number One!
Doh! Make That #6
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2005/release.php?StateID=MI
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I had a "Homer Simpson" moment yesterday. I actually thought my beloved Michigan (pronounced "Meeeeeechigan" during college football season) was leading the nation in an important category only to find, upon further investigation, that we were actually only number 6.
The category in question is obesity. Click the link below to see an animated map.
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But all my hopes and dreams were dashed when I read the following from the Trust For America's Health site:
"Michigan ranked 6th in the U.S. in highest rate of adult obesity at 25.3 percent, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005. It ranked 10th in the U.S. in highest rate of obese and overweight adults combined at 61.6 percent. Mississippi ranks as the heaviest state, Colorado as the least heavy, and rates in Oregon remained the same. Over 25 percent of adults in 10 states are obese, including in Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, and South Carolina. Seven of those 10 states are in the Southeastern U.S."
I blame myself in part. I have been eating salads and using an elliptical machine, I admit it.
But I know that we can do better....days are short in Michigan, nights are long and dough nuts are plentiful. We still lead the world in Seasonal Affective Disorder and I know that we can return to glory in this "weighty" category.
After all, its not how you play the game that matters, only if you beat Ohio.
The category in question is obesity. Click the link below to see an animated map.
Link
But all my hopes and dreams were dashed when I read the following from the Trust For America's Health site:
"Michigan ranked 6th in the U.S. in highest rate of adult obesity at 25.3 percent, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005. It ranked 10th in the U.S. in highest rate of obese and overweight adults combined at 61.6 percent. Mississippi ranks as the heaviest state, Colorado as the least heavy, and rates in Oregon remained the same. Over 25 percent of adults in 10 states are obese, including in Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, and South Carolina. Seven of those 10 states are in the Southeastern U.S."
I blame myself in part. I have been eating salads and using an elliptical machine, I admit it.
But I know that we can do better....days are short in Michigan, nights are long and dough nuts are plentiful. We still lead the world in Seasonal Affective Disorder and I know that we can return to glory in this "weighty" category.
After all, its not how you play the game that matters, only if you beat Ohio.
