Healthiest state (organic, living, shops)

[mccarley]

Thank goodness, Mississippi is no longer at the bottom.

Vermont called healthiest state, Louisiana last | U.S. | Reuters

[nancy thereader]

Well, thanks for that information.
Notice how most of the healthy states (except Hawaii) are cold ones? I wonder why that is........

[xz2y]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

Well, thanks for that information.
Notice how most of the healthy states (except Hawaii) are cold ones? I wonder why that is........

That is an excellent point. I also wonder why. Does anyone know why?

[mccarley]

In my short time of travling in a lot of the healthy states, I concluded they didn't know how to cook.

[fishnfool]

Mind if a yankee weighs in? Sorry, I posted the same article in my state's forum.

The culture up here tends to be focused on a very active and healthy lifestyle. People hike, ski, run, snowshoe, climb, bike, go to the beach, kayak, surf, etc. People are always outside and always keeping busy. The towns are small and safe with mostly local shops so people walk A LOT. The downtowns are small and quaint and always busy, even in winter. There are few mega shopping complexes where you have to drive 20 minutes through traffic and then pick up some fast food on the way out. There's lots of local food shops, lots of organic "hippie" places too.

I'm not knocking the south...but it really just has a different atmosphere up here and it's infectious. Shivering for 5 months a year doesn't hurt either...it helps to burn a few calories, as does shoveling snow and raking a few tons of leaves.

And for those who said we don't know how to cook up here....come eat some new england lobster, fried clams, haddock, chowder, or scallops and I think you'll beg to differ. Our "BBQ" is rather sorry though I've only found one place that even warrants being called actual BBQ...and the mexican food is a joke.

[Rustyspokes]

Culinary demographics;

Those North of the Mason Dixon line tend to steam their opossum. Where as folks living South of the line, fry, fry, fry

[mccarley]

On Nov 4, I moved from Mississippi to Georgia. I feel healthier already. If I moved to Vermont I would be in perfect shape.

[Rustyspokes]

Adding up the places I have lived this isn't looking so good for me. My only hope is to move to Vermont, and live another 52 years just to break even.

[joanie55]

Every year the northern states top the list as the most healthy. A previous poster made a good point that folks up there tend to be outdoorsy and live an active lifestyle - everyone I've met from places like Minnesota of Mass. is like that. Also, the south DOES love to fry everything and southern food, although delicious, tends not be very healthy. Another thing I think, and I could be way off base, but I live in south Florida and I get colds so much more often since moving here than I ever did in my life and I tend to think because it never gets cold the germs never get killed off. I figure a place up north that has 5 months of winter gets all its viruses killed off. I have no idea if there's any merit to this, it's just a thought.

[Hasdrubal]

the more low-class people are, the unhealthier the area tends to be. I am not slamming Mississippi in the face, it's just what stats say.