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All of those black and Hispanic MAGAts? (Link)

Combined data for 2015 through 2017 allowed for assessment by major racial/ethnic categories and found that non-Hispanic black adults had the highest prevalence of obesity (38.4%) overall, followed by Hispanic adults (32.6%) and non-Hispanic white adults (28.6%). To identify areas of highest burden, we used a cut point of 35%. We chose this cut point because it was a somewhat natural breaking point in the data and roughly reflected areas with the highest burden. By using this cut point, we found that overall, 31 states and the District of Columbia had an obesity prevalence of 35% or higher among non-Hispanic black adults; 8 states had an obesity prevalence of 35% or higher among Hispanic adults; and only 1 state had an obesity prevalence of 35% or higher among non-Hispanic white adults (Figure 2).
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Maybe it's time to learn something from the rest of the world? -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 11:23AM

I think the difference is that all of those other countries have universal -- NJHoo 08/14/2022 5:04PM

Best thing we could do is get rid of interstates -- tchoo 08/14/2022 11:44AM

This graph would overlay well with our obesity problem. ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:13PM

…..which would overlay well with our MAGAt problem ** -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 12:20PM

All of those black and Hispanic MAGAts? (Link) -- JMHoo 08/14/2022 2:01PM

What are the causes of the disparities? From the CDC study you linked: -- NJHoo 08/14/2022 5:25PM

I tend to agree with your premise, but it most likely flawed -- VaTechie 08/14/2022 4:06PM

And in spite of that, there's STILL a correlation between obesity and -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 2:18PM

Another study (link) -- JMHoo 08/14/2022 2:10PM

One more (link) -- JMHoo 08/14/2022 2:12PM

Exactly...we need all the poor white folks to die now...we would take a hit -- Tuckahokie 08/14/2022 12:28PM

....Said nobody. (Excepting Hoothat, of course...losing old people wasn't -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 12:30PM

Try to keep up buddy. ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:25PM

It's been studied. Try to keep up, psycho -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 12:29PM

You want to blame obesity on the republican party? Okeydokey. ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:41PM

The study found correlation, not causation. Try to keep up. ** -- SixerHoo 08/14/2022 12:54PM

Nah. Tom said it's a "MAGA Problem". He found causation from this study. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:55PM

I said it overlays with MAGA, just as you said it overlays with obesity -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 1:04PM

One of these problems is real. One is not. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:05PM

Psycho, it must suck being wrong so often. My sympathies to your family ** -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 1:08PM

I feel bad that you can't see things independently like me without your -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:11PM

No, they're smart enough to figure out on their own that the GOP is -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 1:14PM

That's sad. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:23PM

Yeah, it's just a coincidence that 98% of the opinions you express align -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 1:41PM

See your wrong there. I rarely post any opinion. So.....do less. ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:42PM

LOL. Your level of self-awareness is epically low ** -- TomGlansAski 08/14/2022 2:19PM

Do less ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 2:21PM

How you supposed to get fat by eating granola and drinking kombucha? ** -- tchoo 08/14/2022 12:49PM

As soon as we get a meat tax going, we can dwindle the cow population and -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:53PM

He needs to stay away from the all-you-can-eat places during after Church -- Tuckahokie 08/14/2022 12:47PM

"The Authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest" ** -- Tuckahokie 08/14/2022 12:36PM

Not entirely but definitely a factor ** -- tchoo 08/14/2022 12:16PM

It’s certainly a factor. But Canada’s obesity rates are not -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:16PM

Heart disease, related to obesity but not the same, looks like the biggest -- hoodeyo 08/14/2022 2:28PM

Quick google says US has 36% obese adults and Canada has 29%. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:27PM

Also New Zealand at 31% vs US at 36% but -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:39PM

I saw 36 and 30… but I don’t think -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:34PM

I guess our doctors just suck. ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:43PM

Our doctors are great. World class. -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:44PM

Obamacare is poor health care? ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:48PM

Obamacare is insurance, not medical treatment. ** -- SixerHoo 08/14/2022 1:07PM

So we are back to our doctors are bad? ** -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:08PM

Umm, no. Many Americans make bad dietary and lifestyle choices and/or can’t -- SixerHoo 08/14/2022 1:11PM

So we're back to our obesity problem i brought up. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:12PM

As with most righties you must oversimplify to have any chance of -- SixerHoo 08/14/2022 1:14PM

Ah, it was about politics for you right from the start. I get it now. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 1:25PM

It’s a political message board. Seems like a discussion of a study on -- SixerHoo 08/14/2022 1:34PM

It’s a bandaid on a flawed structure ** -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:52PM

Well, at least we have our lowest amount of uninsured than ever in the US. -- psychobilly 08/14/2022 12:54PM

The trajectory of increases in medical -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 1:28PM

Healthcare system? ** -- hooshouse 08/14/2022 12:22PM

For sure. Our healthcare system is WAY too expensive, -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 12:32PM

It's way too expensive because Americans (in the aggregate) can afford it. -- Faz d. Hoo 08/14/2022 8:53PM

You think our healthcare cost is double that of -- BocaHoo91 08/14/2022 9:08PM

You're comparing a tiny, isolated, low-immigration, wealthy nation -- Faz d. Hoo 08/15/2022 10:24AM