[TheKiwi]

It's shocking when you go to places like Houston or Louisiana after living in Fairfield County. There are so few obese people here!

[AntonioR]

I'm not surprised by this finding.

It never dawn on me why Europeans have this image of most Americans being overweight, that is until I started traveling to other states. Whoa!

Talk about culture shock! lol

[Arm&Hammer]

That is because there are good looking people in Connecticut

[Dallascaper]

Originally Posted by TheKiwi

It's shocking when you go to places like Houston or Louisiana after living in Fairfield County. There are so few obese people here!

Same thing when I go home to Dallas. When I moved here, I was struck by how few obese people there are here, even in places like Wal-Mart. It's a major shock going back to Texas and seeing the obesity epidemic in full bloom.

[Stylo]

It ain't cultural, it's socioeconomic. Poorer, less educated folks buy cheap food.

Sadly, cheap food these days is also the worst for you. Full of sugar, preservatives, processed to hell and back. It wasn't like that 80 years ago.

They get hooked and keep eating. There's proof that a diet full of junk food makes you want to eat MORE as your body is getting very little nutritional value per calorie.

[Capital Guy]

Stylo it depends on where. In CTs case, it's because there are a lot of rich people here. In COs case (it's number 1) it's not because of wealth; it's because thee culture there is very outdoorsy. Growing up, you were in the minority if you didn't take advantage of the natural landscape by doing physical activity.

[Arm&Hammer]

Also we dont have too much fast food places everywhere you go and sure dont have all the fast food restaurants like white castle in NY or big boy in Cali and so on... and I'm glad, I rather have more local than national!

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by Capital Guy

Stylo it depends on where. In CTs case, it's because there are a lot of rich people here. In COs case (it's number 1) it's not because of wealth; it's because thee culture there is very outdoorsy. Growing up, you were in the minority if you didn't take advantage of the natural landscape by doing physical activity.

Boulder and Denver metros are fairly well off compared to the rest of the country.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by Arm&Hammer

Also we dont have too much fast food places everywhere you go and sure dont have all the fast food restaurants like white castle in NY or big boy in Cali and so on... and I'm glad, I rather have more local than national!

Not sure where in CT you're referring to, but other than the more rural areas, there are fast food chains everywhere. And Chili's, Applebee's, big box stores, etc.

[Capital Guy]

Well they are above average but there are tons of wealthier metros that don't have the high fitness ranking that CO has. Trust me when I say that CO doesn't have nearly the affluence that CT has. It was a little bit of a culture shock for me.