where does the 600k more fat people stat come from, because if true, that's a hilarious stat to keep
What SuperSlowDug is too stupid to understand is that Missouri (and Kansas isn't far behind) is also one of the fattest states in the country, and using those tricky percentages and population size, it means that Missouri has about 500k-600k more fat people than Alabama.
Shh, but don't tell SuperSlowDug
Also don't tell SuperSlowDug that his take is pretty racisty (no one should be surprised) because this issue is primarily and unfortunately driven by the minority community. Missouri is definitely a white bread and mayo state compared to Alabama, so relative to just the demographic make up of the obesity issue/challenges/concerns in the United States. Missouri's status at 8th or 9th fattest, is, frankly, shocking (not much better for Iowa or Kansas given demographic make-up).