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I live in MA, and "old stock Yankees" is not most of the population. Isn't this just that MA is richer than AL, and richer people are less likely to be obese?
by jefftk 3y ago
I live in MA, and "old stock Yankees" is not most of the population.
Isn't this just that MA is richer than AL, and richer people are less likely to be obese?
- rayiner 3y agoThe nearly universal trend among nations is that they get fatter as they get richer. So it would be quite bizarre to see affluence, in and of itself, suddenly causing the opposite effect. Maryland has comparable median income to Massachusetts, but much higher obesity rates. Vermont and Kansas have similar incomes, but Vermont has much lower obesity rates. (Same is true for Virginia versus Colorado, Montana versus South Carolina, etc.)