Comment on I live in the green part

Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Coloradans typically live a very active lifestyle. Outdoor recreation is a huge part of people’s lives. Therefore they’re moving a lot more and typically thinner

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, but what makes them this way. All of their neighbors have above average obesity.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The outside be nice and shit.

      Also decent accessibility and cycling (compared to the deep red states)

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    • Mojave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Eating like a normal person doesn’t mean eating disorders. I just don’t eat a lot of sugar and I make fresh food.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus sugar and salt make exercise unpleasant

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• Roopappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get out and go for a hike. That will help immensely.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Culture of healthy thinking

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• inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  High elevation makes the body work harder because there’s less oxygen. Elite athletes train in the high country for the effects.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Only for a short period of time. You adapt and the effects go away since your body creates more red blood cells.

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    • inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But then those athletes go down to sea level for a competition and have an advantage

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For a few days

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      • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yup. Go to high elevations, and until you acclimate you’ll feel a little off. Go to low elevations, and for the equal but opposite reasons you can run a marathon and outdrink anyone.

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  • booly@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Altitude is an appetite suppressant.

    The trend of altitude being inversely correlated with obesity rates is really obvious from county-level data. That trend persists across multiple countries, but the specific correlation varies from country to country, in a way that suggests that rich countries have a stronger inverse correlation between altitude and obesity.

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    • inv3r510n@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Today I learned….

      Haha. What’s interesting is there’s other high country in the US but it’s not green in this map.

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      • booly@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s why the county level data makes the trend that much more obvious, because the states tend to clump big groups together. Here’s an example.

        There, you can see that Colorado is special in that its rural counties tend to be low obesity, compared to even its neighbors in the Rockies. You also see a sliver of green following the Appalachian Mountains.

        And obviously it isn’t the only factor. Poverty is really important, as are lifestyles (and the intentional and unintentional features of any given community in incentivizing or disincentivizing things like walking, regular exercise, eating healthy, etc.).

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you sure it is not the other way around? Maybe the driven people who are physically fit are moving to higher elevation. If someone is obese they probably aren’t going to move to rual mountains

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• meyotch@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Colorado has a good set of policies that support consistent and long term public funding of outdoor recreation, such as trails and parks. The level of connectivity among local and regional trail systems is very good and always improving.

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• greenhorn@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m wondering what bias there may be for people from a place versus moving to a place. Many have noted the culture of activity in Colorado, and that may be pulling non-obese people from other states to Colorado. Not that it would sway the numbers that much, but as an anecdote, everyone I know in Colorado moved there from a different state and fit, and moved there for activities.

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