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Fattest States in U.S., Food Inc. Has Answers
A list where nobody wants to be #1: The fattest state rankings. Mississippi "wins," with 32.5% of adults and 44.4% of children considered obese, followed by West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina. Colorado is the thinnest state. "I know, if you are like me, you are sick and tired of Alabama being waaayy down at the bottom of every listing of states and their accomplishments," jokes Left in Alabama. "Here's a list that ranks us near the top!" VivirLatino says we need to remember that "Beyond just the superficial 'you eat too much junk food' analysis, these statistics have everything to do with access to healthy food, education and everything that goes along with living in impoverished areas or belonging to a traditionally oppressed group." "What's wrong? The entire industrial food system based on corn and sugar and on treating animals really badly and OUR acceptance of this as being not only normal but desirable," writes Robert Paterson's Weblog.
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