Michigan is Number One!

Doh! Make That #6

Published on July 25, 2007 By Larry Kuperman In Current Events

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.

Comments

Larry Kuperman

on Jul 25, 2007

People in Wisconsin weigh less?!?

How could THAT be? Light beer and cheese?

Dr Guy

on Jul 25, 2007

The south only knows how to cook one way - fat! Bacon grease is not on the Surgeon general's list of healthy cooking methods!

Quentin94

on Jul 25, 2007

interesting

CharlesCS

on Jul 25, 2007

Nothing wrong with being fat, there's just more of you to love. I kinda wonder how do we have an obesity problem and a hunger problem at the same time. Then again our poor are rich in the eyes of the poor of most countries.

Locamama

on Jul 25, 2007

After all, its not how you play the game that matters, only if you beat Ohio.

whathe? Go bucks! Directions to Ann Arbor, North until you smell it and west until you step in it.

kingbee

on Jul 25, 2007

consider the regional delicacies of your major metropolis compared to those of your neighbors.

keilbasa, pierogis & muskrat (if they no longer serve muskrat at certain fraternal organization benefits, perhaps yall should change the name of the place to like river rouge heights)

vs.

bratwurst, potato salad made with both bacon & sugar (wi)

vs.

keilbasa AND bratwurst AND a chicaga dag washed down with a mug of lard (also known as a hastert snack in his home state of il)

vs.

fried baloney entree (western ohio)/chickenfried baloney entree (western ohio)--both with a side of corndogs.

on the other hand, thanks in no small part to richard's fortified wines, detroit still maintains a record number of violent assaults per 1000 population!

kingbee

on Jul 25, 2007

just realized i'd forgotten the great state of minnesota...prolly because they cheat and should be barred from contending due to lutefisk use even tho it, like all foodstuffs prepared using lye (except those imported from china, of course) probably cause those who can keep em down to lose rather than gain weight.

Body-Philosophy

on Jul 25, 2007

yeah that weight helps out on the field!

Dr Guy

on Jul 25, 2007

prolly because they cheat and should be barred from contending due to lutefisk use even tho it, like all foodstuffs prepared using lye (except those imported from china, of course) probably cause those who can keep em down to lose rather than gain weight.

My kind of Food!

Tova7

on Jul 27, 2007

Well, since Michigan can't beat Ohio in football....I guess beating the Buckeyes in fat guys is ok.

Buwhahahahahahaha;)

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