If Mississippi is the fattest state in America, why is Tyson giving away free fried chicken?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I love fried chicken !

The skin and coating are what protects the meat during the frying, and keeps it nice and juicy (especially the breast meat.) But I don't eat the skin - I pull or cut it off along with most of the coating after the chicken is cooked.

[rocks 494]

I love fried chicken !

The skin and coating are what protects the meat during the frying, and keeps it nice and juicy (especially the breast meat.) But I don't eat the skin - I pull or cut it off along with most of the coating after the chicken is cooked.

That's the best part though!

That is definitely a far more healthy way to eat fried chicken.

[Captain Oates 911]

Health issues are at the forefront of Scottish life

Here is the youtube

Healthy Scots

[JohnR! 5,495]

I love fried chicken !

The skin and coating are what protects the meat during the frying, and keeps it nice and juicy (especially the breast meat.) But I don't eat the skin - I pull or cut it off along with most of the coating after the chicken is cooked.

Anything fried is irresistible...

Fry me a river...

[Teddy B 17,252]

A lot of simple people believe this..

My son always says its cheaper to eat out

I once saw him have 5 full restaurant meals between 4pm and midnight ! FIVE !!!!

He drinks two liters of sangria while I drink tea and watch his eyeballs turn over backwards

Some people are like that - thick

He was an exotic dancer when he was 19 and a health club/supplements nut

So its not like he doesn't know about nutrition

Your son would be wrong.

[rocks 494]

My son always says its cheaper to eat out

It isn't cheaper, it is easier though. A lot of people here don't know how to cook anything but fried food. I find it hard to find restaurants that serve vegetables, they are taboo here.

[Teddy B 17,252]

It isn't cheaper, it is easier though. A lot of people here don't know how to cook anything but fried food. I find it hard to find restaurants that serve vegetables, they are taboo here.

How could it be easier when so many people there don't have transportation and have to walk in a ditch, down a road with no sidewalks, in 110 degree weather, all the while cars and trucks are whizzing by at 35mph? Sounds to me it would be much easier to just stay home and fry up some fat.

How do so many people in your state that have no transportation get themselves back and forth to the grocery store?

[Captain Oates 911]

How could it be easier when so many people there don't have transportation and have to walk in a ditch, down a road with no sidewalks, in 110 degree weather, all the while cars and trucks are whizzing by at 35mph? Sounds to me it would be much easier to just stay home and fry up some fat.

How do so many people in your state that have no transportation get themselves back and forth to the grocery store?

Boiled Squirrels are ubiquitous in the south and their tail hair make excellent floss

low fat meat

However, they are forbidden because the southern baptist church teaches that they are the devils cats - banished to the trees forever for their evil ways such as tempting the formerly slim to eat skip-sized buckets of KFC with gallons of mega-cal coca cola

[Captain Oates 911]

My wife's friend goes to summerfest and zig zags between the food stalls eating everything

When she was 36 she did a lot of traveling because she believed she would not be able walk in a year or two because of her weight

She is black but I suspect its not a physiological thing to eat on that scale - more psychological or sub-cultural

She is about 39 now and can hardly walk and cant get a boyfriend

She has a Masters Degree and a top job

weird !

[rocks 494]

My wife's friend goes to summerfest and zig zags between the food stalls eating everything

When she was 36 she did a lot of traveling because she believed she would not be able walk in a year or two because of her weight

She is black but I suspect its not a physiological thing to eat on that scale - more psychological or sub-cultural

She is about 39 now and can hardly walk and cant get a boyfriend

She has a Masters Degree and a top job

weird !

Is she southern?

[Captain Oates 911]

Is she southern?

nope Milwaukee but the Mississippi obesity problem is mainly AA

Is it a sub-cultural thing ?

[JohnR! 5,495]

nope Milwaukee but the Mississippi obesity problem is mainly AA

Is it a sub-cultural thing ?

Perhaps it is directly proportional to the ethnic make up of the population?

[Captain Oates 911]

Perhaps it is directly proportional to the ethnic make up of the population?

I think it is - but why ?

Is there something about the AA physiology that puts weight on faster

..or is it a sub-cultural thing to eat a lot of high cal food ?

or both ?

Perhaps it goes with low income - not many white walmart customers who are not gravitationally disadvantaged

yes I think that's the answer - plus the appalling high cal food that is stocked here makes it worse

poverty makes people comfort eat and the worst food is the cheapest

so its not an AA thing - its an income and happiness thing

Edited July 13, 2012 by Ashud Cocoa

[rocks 494]

nope Milwaukee but the Mississippi obesity problem is mainly AA

Is it a sub-cultural thing ?

This is what the MSDH says:

Link

Additional key findings include:

Adult obesity rates for Blacks topped 40 percent in nine states, 35 percent in 34 states, and 30 percent in 43 states and D.C.

Rates of adult obesity for Latinos were above 35 percent in two states (North Dakota and Tennessee) and at 30 percent and above in 19 states.

Ten of the 11 states with the highest rates of diabetes are in the South, as are the 10 states with the highest rates of hypertension.

No state had rates of adult obesity above 35 percent for Whites. Only one state-West Virginia-had an adult obesity rate for Whites greater than 30 percent.

The number of states where adult obesity rates exceed 30 percent doubled in the past year, from four to eight --Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Northeastern and Western states had the lowest adult obesity rates; Colorado remained the lowest at 19.1 percent.

Link

[JohnR! 5,495]

I think it is - but why ?

Is there something about the AA physiology that puts weight on faster

..or is it a sub-cultural thing to eat a lot of high cal food ?

or both ?

Perhaps it goes with low income - not many white walmart customers who are not gravitationally disadvantaged

yes I think that's the answer - plus the appalling high cal food that is stocked here makes it worse

poverty makes people comfort eat and the worst food is the cheapest

so its not an AA thing - its an income and happiness thing

IMHO it is a mix of culture, environment and tradition. Also it has to do with the amount of food we tend to consume. Americans have the habit of sitting down for a one or two huge course meals. By comparison, chances are you will eat less and be as satisfied with a six-course French meal, which is served in smaller portions, so it gives your body time to send the necessary messages to your brain alerting it your stomach is full. (I speak of the French in particular, because of the French Paradox).

It also has to do with the amount of processed food and the ingredients they contain, some of which are neuro-inhibitors, which cause your brain never to receive the message your stomach is full, compelling you to consume more food. There is a reason they say 'it's impossible to eat only one'. They know whereof they speak.

What I have observed - with no hard data to support it - is that paradoxically obesity seems to be more prevalent among the poorest, indicating it is not a matter of how much but in fact 'what' one eats that counts.