Reply #36: I believe you'll find the true correlation to be found elsewhere [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

Such as the poverty rates between the groups with the highest and lowest percentages of obese adults.

Foods high in starch -- noodles, bread and potatoes, for example -- are cheap, whereas healthier foods, such as fresh fruit and veggies, are simply too expensive for families on limited incomes. Even the simplest things here, like tomatoes or peppers, cost $4 per pound whereas you can buy a sack of potatoes for $2. Same goes for meat, where lean cuts are outrageously expensive. A poor family here can buy a case of Ramen noodles for $2, half the price of a pound of broccoli.

As I said, the real difference is poverty. But just so you know, West Virginia has two Dem Senators (including Robert Byrd) and a Dem Governor. I wouldn't exactly call that a "red" state, would you?.