I think a lot of these studies must either not be considering social factors, or maybe their authors aren't familiar with the worldview of rural America. I gre

I think a lot of these studies must either not be considering social factors, or maybe their authors aren't familiar with the worldview of rural America. I grew up in a place where some of those ideas are more popular, and the people around me regularly derided (what I now understand to be) healthy habits as things that 'sissy liberals' did. It was not socially acceptable to be on a diet, go to the gym, wear protective equipment, etc.