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Here's one part of the country that might be immune to zumba fever. Americans may be especially sluggish these days, judging by the obesity rates, but a new study suggests that adults in Appalachia and a handful of Southern states are especially reluctant to move if they don't have to.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated activity levels in every county of the nation using data from 2004 to 2008. The report found that folks in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee are least likely to exercise in their leisure time.
Why does the CDC care? Because the areas of inactivity also show the highest levels of diagnosed diabetes and obesity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated activity levels in every county of the nation using data from 2004 to 2008. The report found that folks in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee are least likely to exercise in their leisure time.
Why does the CDC care? Because the areas of inactivity also show the highest levels of diagnosed diabetes and obesity.
The map on there jives pretty well with this map.
Get off your fat lazy asses, Confederates! The South can't rise again if its too fat and lazy to get up off the couch and away from its deep fried fat-curls.
