Why non-city Americans soo overweight?

Remember New York City fitness guru Jim Fixx?

He wrote The Complete Book of Running and died from a heart attack at the age of 52:

We've got a bunch of old geezers living out here who are well into their 80s and 90s and they're in better shape than many city folks half their age. There's a lot to be said for the health benefits of rural living....

 

redneck is a cultural thing, pertaining to racist, bigoted, uncultured, unkept, dirty white people.

i made no such claim. stop reading into things.

 

im not talking about 20 lbs overweight.

im talking 50+

 

But the equivalent word for black people is "racist"?

 

Conservatives in cities also are thinner

 

Where do you live Ronstar ? NYC ? L.A. ? the Gay Bay ?

Rednecks pay their own way. They don't ask the government for anything. They don't want the government telling them how to live their life or what kind of gun they can own or what kind of a toilet they can crap in. Rednecks don't want no welfare. Rednecks do their own thing. Rednecks aren't scared of work, breaking a sweat or getting dirt under their finger nails.

A true redneck don't give a **** about anything but putting food on the table and working.

A man doesn't have a job and can't provide for himself and family he isn't a redneck.

Rednecks fights America's wars.

It was rednecks who were America's pioneers.

The Scot-Irish are rednecks. Rednecks are the Scot-Irish.

 

I know lots of Scots-Irish who are cultured, intelligent, sophisticated people.

Not red necks at all.

 

__ew York

 

can't spell New York?

 

That's what them thar liberals do.

 

Well then the laborers should be in great shape! If they didn't stuff their faces with fast food and twinkies, and beer, maybe they would lose weight.

80% of weight is due to diet. 20% is exercise. That is the rule of thumb,

 

I once did a job in small town someplace in Iowa. I went to a local steak house and ordered dinner.

The first thing I noticed was that everyone in the restaurant was YUUUUUUUUGE. It was really noticeable. Then they brought my dinner. Holy crap! Just the football-sized potato was a meal. The salad was enough for four people. There was more food on my plate than I would eat in three meals.

Mystery solved.

 

they simply dont want to hear this.

they refuse to embrace the simple concept that their health and diet is totally within their control.

 

The overwhelming majority of people in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago and Boston voted AGAINST Trump.

That is one explanation.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119476/

 

this isn't about politics.

Conservatives in the cities exercise just as much as Liberals.

 

L.A. Dodgers fans are mostly city dwellers.





NASCAR fans are mostly from the South and don't live in large cities run by liberals.



Don't see much obesity.

Most NFL players have gang tats and come from the hood.


Pigs in a blanket...fry'em like bacon.

 

Good question.

I guess my response would be... why are people in urban environments so dependent on each other to survive? They love a big social government, where people are responsible for each other through collectivist failure. Why are these urban elites so stupid to not see that their entire perspective on society, and collectivism, is directly connected to the crime, income disparity, drug use, and failing family unit?

I guess in my eyes, I would rather be fat with food I worked for to put in my own mouth, with the capability of taking care of my family on my own rather than some government dependent leech who thinks everybody else has a responsibility to take care of them.

But hey, that's just me.

 

The State I live in comes in at number 1 or 2 as the fittest state. If our stats go any less it is because of all the migration coming here from fat California.

The 25 Fattest Cities:
1. Houston 2. Detroit 3. Cleveland 4. Memphis 5. Tampa 6. Las Vegas 7. El Paso 8. Baltimore 9. Los Angeles 10. Louisville 11. Tulsa 12. Miami 13. Indianapolis 14. Philadelphia 15. Arlington 16. Columbus 17. Charlotte 18. Phoenix 19. New Orleans 20. Atlanta 21. Raleigh 22. Kansas City 23. St. Louis 24. Chicago 25. Dallas

Most Overweight Cities Cities (Percentage of residents that are overweight):
Phoenix(41.1) El Paso (41.1) Cleveland (40.9) San Jose (39.1) Baltimore (38.4) Most Obese Cities (Percentage of residentsthat are obese): Memphis (35. Arlington (35.3) Dallas (33. Detroit (33.1) New Orleans (32.6)


The 25 Fittest Cities:
1. Portland 2. San Francisco 3. Albuquerque 4. Oakland 5. Boston 6. Seattle 7. Denver 8. San Diego 9. Minneapolis 10. Honolulu 11. Tucson 12. Austin 13. Colorado Springs 14. San Jose 15. Omaha 16. Washington 17. Milwaukee 18. Virginia Beach 19. Sacramento 20. Jacksonville 21. New york 22. Wichita 23. Oklahoma City 24. Nashville 25. San Antonio

 

You just hit on the GOP "healthcare plan"

Die Young

 

What is "normal" anyway? How much lbs must a 6 foot tall 'normal" male be in the U.S.? Just to get some perspective.

 

Heh heh. See you've met Ron. His horse is so high he'd end up in a body cast if he ever fell off.

 

Here's a helpful hint: Because potatoes are comprised of more than 92 percent carbohydrates -- in the form of sugar and starch -- they are relatively high on the glycemic-index scale. The glycemic index rates foods on a scale of 1 to 100 based on how quickly they raise your blood sugar levels. Foods closer to 100 elevate your blood sugar more quickly than foods on the lower end of the scale. Mashed potatoes and boiled white potatoes are 82 and 87 on the glycemic scale, respectively. Sweet potatoes are a little lower, having a glycemic index rating of 70, according to Harvard Medical School.
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/potatoes-turn-sugar-digested-4400.html

The complex carbs from potatoes go to maltose. Each maltose molecule breaks down into two glucose molecules. Maltose is why beer is so bad for people with blood sugar issues. Maltose is the sugar in beer and it is worse than pure glucose, on a one-to-one basis.

This in turn is what drives the potato to a glycemic index value almost as bad as pure sugar. If you don't need the overabundance of energy from the onslaught of carbs, it is snatched up by insulin and goes to fat.

Potatoes and potato products are fat fuel. You should eliminate them from your fridge if you want to lose weight.

I have seen some fast food burgers, fries, and a shake, that exceed 3000 calories - for one lunch! That is about 50% more than a person should eat in an entire day.

 

PS. Bread isn't food. It is crap. It is wasted calories. Make your calories count. Eat foods that are nutrient dense.