Obesity in DC (Washington: live in, gym, association)

[Tiger Beer]

Source: Do national numbers inaccurately represent Washington, DC’s obesity condition? what electronic and personal health records can do to help | Ted Eytan, MD

Obesity levels by Ward...

[Tiger Beer]

Reference-wise to other places....

MARYLAND by COUNTY:
http://www.wbaltv.com/2005/0205/4167948_320X240.jpg (broken link)

Source:
Some Maryland Counties Have High Obesity Rates - Health News Story - WBAL Baltimore (http://www.wbaltv.com/health/4167664/detail.html - broken link)

UNITED STATES by COUNTY:


Source: American Obesity Treatment Association - Obesity in America.

The World (sorry, only could find it for males, not males/females, but you get the idea):

Source: obesity | Humanosphere

[terrence81]

Perspective is everything. In my "world view" DC is one of the thinnest cities I've ever seen. Everyone seems to have gym memberships and there have been times where I'm the only one in a group who doesn't do the gym. I can count one hand the number of overweight people I know that live in the District. However, I don't know anyone who lives east of the Anacostia.

[BajanYankee]

So, in other words, the areas of the city with an abundance of black women have the highest obesity rates. Shocking.

[RozCat]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

So, in other words, the areas of the city with an abundance of black women have the highest obesity rates. Shocking.

Sound like Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus on black women - YouTube

[diplomat74]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

So, in other words, the areas of the city with an abundance of black women have the highest obesity rates. Shocking.

Haha sad but true......stereotype is reinforced everyday downtown at lunch time when I see all the secretaries/office workers at lunch

[paytonc]

Huh, I'd never seen a county-by-county map of obesity before. It raises some interesting questions about whether states may be reporting things differently -- state lines shouldn't be quite that obvious on a map like that. It also highlights some curious sub-regional trends: why is the eastern slope of the Appalachians less obese than the western slope? Or maybe the sharp differences are because only four percentage points separate the five shades (probably quintiles).

It's not surprising to see that obesity is much higher in the eastern half of DC, but I wasn't expecting a nearly 4:1 spread!

[jujulu]

There are some Sean Hannity lobbyist types who gorge on Ruth's Chris every night and become fatsos. But most people in DC are very thin, due to the incredible stress of the jobs and possibly from skipping meals in order to pay sky high rents.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by RozCat

Sound like Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus on black women - YouTube

It's true.

"The black woman's body is a temple, alright. It's a Temple of Doom!!!"

[renault]

Originally Posted by RozCat

Sound like Uncle Ruckus

Uncle Ruckus on black women - YouTube

I love that it's the fat guy complaining about fat black women, Rotl.