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Why are Southerners so fat and how eating less can extend your life-span. Think they're trying to tell us something?
Well, of course! Most of that stuff is inedible (especially okra) unless covered in lard and deep fried!That's cause we deep fry everything from pigs feet to catfish to ice cream.
Alabamiam's are at 30% of the fatty's scale! That's cause we deep fry everything from pigs feet to catfish to ice cream. Oh, and we mustn't forget boiled peanuts! YUM!
I don't necessarily agree with southerners' lack of work ethic but I think culture and the people you are around have a lot to do with it. If you are brought up and associate with many obese people who eat unhealthy foods and don't exercise you start to think that's normal. Conversely, if your family and the people around you eat healthy foods and engage in physical activity you are probably more likely to do so yourself. Living in the leanest state (Colorado) I can see how that works. I do have to say that the physical environment here is more conducive to outdoor activity, especially in the summer, than say, Alabama, though.They failed to address one factor "work ethic" (or lack thereof). They skirted around it with the "but I think that has more to do with Southerners' lack of physical activity rather than the food." statement.