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New York is higher because Buffalo, Rochester and the rest of upstate New York is sheltered half the year due to subzero temps. Buffalo is constantly used as an experiment for obesity in the US. NYC is fit, in fact my school (NYC suburb) is one of the most physically fit in the country. Look at New Jersey and Connecticut. Jersey is relatively low but still a little chubby while CT is lean. Jersey and Conn. lie around NYC, so the immediate suburbs of NYC in New York are obviously going to be even more fit due to the walking culture.
I've always noticed a large percentage of fat women in Tennessee. Pretty much, though, there isn't that big of a difference between the states, other than Colorado having a lower percentage and Mississippi having the highest. Most fall within five percentage points.
Wow, Wisconsin is 27th place. I'm surprised I guess.
in a good or bad way? jersey is 40th (taking into account multiple states with equal rates higher than NJ) and I'm surprised too, thought it would be higher.
Yep. Once again, Colorado and Connecticut are the leanest states. I'm surprised to see PA is so high on the lard laden side though.
Really? I'm a very fit Pennsylvanian, and I'm having a very difficult time locating clothing that fits me. I'm in my early-20s, and I've been relegated to teenie-bopper stores like Armani Exchange, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, etc. because they're the only ones that seem to carry Extra-Small!
New York is higher because Buffalo, Rochester and the rest of upstate New York is sheltered half the year due to subzero temps. Buffalo is constantly used as an experiment for obesity in the US. NYC is fit, in fact my school (NYC suburb) is one of the most physically fit in the country. Look at New Jersey and Connecticut. Jersey is relatively low but still a little chubby while CT is lean. Jersey and Conn. lie around NYC, so the immediate suburbs of NYC in New York are obviously going to be even more fit due to the walking culture.
You bring up an interesting point. The higher states tend to be those with an autocentric, suburbanized culture (TN, PA, etc.) I wonder if there is a correlation between having sidewalks, mixed-use zoning patterns, bike paths, etc. and the rate of obesity? I can tell you in my area that the only daredevils to bike/run along the four-lane commuter belt in front of my home are myself and one or two others with nerves of steel. I can't wait to move into the city, where people seem to be intelligent enough to install sidewalks in front of their homes.
You bring up an interesting point. The higher states tend to be those with an autocentric, suburbanized culture (TN, PA, etc.) I wonder if there is a correlation between having sidewalks, mixed-use zoning patterns, bike paths, etc. and the rate of obesity? I can tell you in my area that the only daredevils to bike/run along the four-lane commuter belt in front of my home are myself and one or two others with nerves of steel. I can't wait to move into the city, where people seem to be intelligent enough to install sidewalks in front of their homes.
I would bet that has a big influence. Where I am right now in NJ we have no sidewalks, but even if we did there is no where to walk to because we live too far from town. Thus we drive everywhere. My family and I are the only people that walk in our neighborhood, and we walk daily only because we have 2 hyper dogs. But we can only go about a mile because the main roads are too dangerous.
Where I've lived in PA (state college and Redding) there are sidewalks everywhere and I would walk a minimum 2 miles, but often 4-5 miles every day. If I burn 62 calories per mile, thats an extra 250 calorie difference from NJ. If I ate the same amount of food in NJ as I do in PA, I would gain an average of .5 lbs per week, or 2 lbs per month
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