Country folk fatter than city slickers, study says

If you live in the country, you’re more likely to be obese than someone clipping through the rat race of the city according to a new nosy study by the University of Kansas’ Department of Preventive Medicine. Thirty-nine percent of rural Americans compared to 33 percent of urban Americans are obese according to their findings, and they point to both diets high in fat (country-fried steak, country-fried chicken, country-style grave … really, this shouldn’t be all that surprising) and physical isolation, which makes it harder to access healthy food and access a gym, as driving the difference. [Source]

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