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Here is a map of poverty rates at the county level: http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/percent-of-population-in-poverty-by-county.png http://fili

Here is a map of poverty rates at the county level: http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/percent-of-population-in-poverty-by-county.png http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/percent-of-... I have a hard time believing that obesity is causally related to "college football" or televised sports in general. Except perhaps the fact that it's a sedentary activity, but a sizable chunk of HN probably spends far more time working in front of a computer.

m_myers 13y ago
No, no, football causes poverty. And obesity causes football.
parennoob 13y ago
> I have a hard time believing that obesity is causally related to "college football" or televised sports in general. Correlation is not causation, but it is correlation...i.e. things which will affect college football viewing might affect obesity as well. Ergo, if college football becomes too expensive to watch, maybe obesity rates will reduce. This is my hypothesis; only an actual experiment can show if this is true or not.