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Ole Miss Takes The Prize: Mississippians Purchase 82 Gallons of Soft Drinks Per Capita Each Year

Mississippi may be low on educational and employment studies, but it is number one in a recent survey of the most unhealthy states with the surprising record of having each citizen on average buying 82 gallons of soft drinks annually.


The findings are in the medical journal Lancet and look at the average of BMI (Body Mass Index) — finding “[i]n 2008, 9.8 percent of the world’s male population were obese, as were 13.8 percent of women. In 1980, these rates were 4.8 percent and 7.9 percent.” Here are the states taking the prize in the U.S.:

10. New Mexico

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.26 (23rd)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $737 (8th most)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 58 (12th least)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 111 (13th least)

9. Arizona

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.17 (47th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $761 (4th most)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 60 (21st least)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 109 (11th least)

8. Ohio

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.18 (45th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $622 (20th least)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 70 (11th most)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 122 (10th most)f over 10%, which is the 11th-worst rate in the country.

7. South Dakota

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.5 (4th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $547 (9th least)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 64 (23rd least)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 122 (8th most)

6. Nevada

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.23 (29th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $939 (most)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 58 (10th least)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 114 (19th least)

5. Oklahoma

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.25 (24th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $676 (15th most)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 69.8 (8th most)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 103.2 (3rd least)

4. Kansas

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.35 (7th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $610 (19th least)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 64 (23rd most)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 121 (12th most)

3. Missouri

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.26 (22nd)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $623 (21st least)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 65 (18th highest)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 121 (17th most)

2. Alabama

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.21 (37th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $649 (23rd most)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 77 (4th most)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 113 (16th least)

1. Mississippi

Grocery Stores Per 1,000 Residents: 0.21 (34th)
Amount Spent on Fast Food Per Capita: $588 (17th least)
Gallons of Soft Drinks Purchased Per Capita: 82 (most)
Pounds of Sweet Snacks Purchased Per Capita: 113 (17th least)

Source: Yahoo

52 thoughts on “Ole Miss Takes The Prize: Mississippians Purchase 82 Gallons of Soft Drinks Per Capita Each Year”

  1. Osama bin Stam:

    Someone who calls other people names that are untrue should not whine about others calling them names that are untrue.

    This is a concept kindergartners learn quickly.

  2. Stam:

    You are bigoted, hate-mongering, heterophobic, brown-supremacist Christophobe.

    Thus, I don’t believe anything you say.

    —————————————————————-

    Taliban Tootie:

    Says you. My posts say otherwise. But, considering what you post, I’d say I’m right on target as far as you’re concerned, Taliban. Particularly your last one on “The Rights Assault on Women” thread.

    Sorry, Taliban. The poo you’re flinging isn’t sticking.

  3. But it still doesn’t lead you have a cogent defense of your past demonstrably homophobic behavior, does it Tootles?

  4. BIL

    Well I went away from the computer for awhile so I didn’t and couldn’t respond. It’s you who made something of it with the “facts got your tongue” response. I figure when people don’t respond it is for a reason. While, you, it appears, cannot seem to figure this out.

  5. Stam:

    You are bigoted, hate-mongering, heterophobic, brown-supremacist Christophobe.

    Thus, I don’t believe anything you say.

  6. “Henman:

    You are a liar. I love my neighbors.”

    HenMan:

    Rich coming from a so-called Christian who hates humanity. Toots forgot a couple of things – “I love my white, Christian, homophobic, and bigotted neighbors but hate my brown, non-Christian, gay and compassionate neighbors.”

  8. Tootles,

    It’s called “I went to bed.”

    My point is that you’re a liar and a hypocrite.

    Your previous statements show this to be true.

  9. Henman:

    OHHHHHH…so you are a birther?

    Funny, I didn’t peg you as one.

    Molasses? Is that something you birthers are into?

  10. Tootie-

    Tonight I will sleep the sleep of the pure in heart. You, as usual, will have a horrifying nightmare. You know, the one where you’re chasing a giant Kenyan birth certificate and you can’t reach it because you’re up to your knees in molasses.

  12. Well, I’m going to bed. And, as usual, before I go to bed I will thank Tootie’s very own God that I don’t have to dream Tootie’s dreams.

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