Thursday, July 9, 2009
Daily Diversion / Hargrove Time Mag Explores: Why Are We (Southerners) So Fat?
Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Arnold's, Harper's, I do love thee.
Wait, it might not be the food, you say, Dr. David Bassett of the University of Tennessee? He says it's because we don't do much. Because you know, in the South, we love our cars. We don't walk to the bus or the train station. We shuttle ourselves. Ever notice we don't have sidewalks in this state? Of course, it's also just f@%#ing hot here in the summer, and walking sucks when it's hot. I like to avoid it, if possible. But it also makes you not fat. And Colorado doesn't have that many fat people.
Did we pick the wrong, sweaty region for skinny jeans. Time says yes.
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Also, there aren't a lot of sidewalks and busses and train stations and whatever because so much of the South is rural. Seriously. Really, really, really rural. Cities don't have an excuse. Larger suburbs and commuter towns don't have an excuse. But the millions of people that live out in the country? Where it still takes 20 minutes to drive to the grocery store going 65 miles an hour? I'll give those fat fucks a break on taking a car, you know?
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Calling your readers fat, while your print edition has no mention of the biggest story of the year? You stay classy now.
That's because, after writing this post, I decided to break the stereotype and walk and be healthy. Then cancel it all out by eating cheesy pizza at Urban Flats.
And Time Magazine called Tennessee fat, not me.
If you're going to rank stories, I'd say the TVA spill is the biggest story of the decade to be covered in Nashville papers. It's just not quite as scandalous or as sexy as the McNair shootings.
So because you did a story last year, that means you don't have to cover the news this year? (TVA spill was in late '08)
There's an obvious reason for the extra pounds...
Southern cookin' is just plain good.
33% of folks in MS are obese, vs. 19% in CO.
14 per hundred spread from fattest state to leanest state.
Nothing for CO to be proud of either.
/fat
//loves me some bbq
I think Terence has an excellent point. You can make numbers and rankings say anything you want, but when it comes right down to it, obesity is a problem for the entire country.
That said, I don't disagree with anything in the article. My new bike has been sitting in the shed for weeks now; it's far to hot and humid for me to ride it (I tried; I nearly passed out). I do try to take a walk around the building during the day, but the sad truth is I don't get any exercise. It's my own fault. I am fortunate though to have access to good food and don't have to rely on convenience or even grocery stores for sustenance so I'm not overweight.
I enjoy how folks down here always kid me about how I complain(ed) about how frikkin' hot it is here in the summer, fall, and even winter.
Then I figured out that the reason they don't mind it is because all of these people here stay indoors or drive around in air conditioned cars.
I eventually acclimated to the weather and you all are a bunch of pussies, wearing sweaters when it goes below 80 degrees, and parkas and mittens when it is 50.
Well, how else are we going to get the chance to wear all our favorite sweaters, parkas and mittens if we aren't willing to sweat a tad in them? Come October a person gets tired of cotton shirts and wants to rock the layered look. All that "ooooh, it's so coooooooold!" is just to save face.
woahh ya thats my computer teacher too! but he "retired" this year thats so gross! no joke thats my computer teacher toO!
I think you are totally correct about this high protein. Strangely enough many diets also claim that high fat content (unsaturated, non-synthetic, unprocessed) is essential for reducing the size of one's waist.
I would go to http://www.diigo.com/user/abashedpushover get information.
Thankyou
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