It's wierd that two of the three states with the lowest rates of obesity have legal recreational weed... 🤔

Altitude could be a factor in Colorado, maybe Hawaii then as well.

Not sure what the deal is in Massachusetts.

Ikr? Finding a common thread in there is proving troublesome... so far the only thing they seem to have in common outside of obesity is similar rates of binge drinking...

Lack of job opportunities outside of the Walmart, a future that can't get out of a past, general malaise, a fundamental lack of viable self esteem - when all you have to say to one of them is, "Well at least I'm not from the South" is insult enough to harsh their mood for weeks, well....

A comparative mass of younger, well-educated people? The curve of obesity by age tapering off in the 50s might explain Florida as well.

I was wondering.
Perhaps With the addition of a large immigrant population?

This is true. If we can attract immigrants, they're less likely than native-born Americans to be obese. MAHA!

It takes generations to achieve genuine American girth.

And these are the guys who plow the fields by hand and milk the cows and heard the sheep and pluck the corn. Imagine what it's like for the rest of who don't toil like them

Well said and well put

I was being sarcastic.
Illegal aliens generally aren't members of the family on the family farm, and Jr playing all day on Xbox doesn't get any cows milked.