I found this piece of information enlightening (but not surprising) about my birthplace: Huntington, WV. You can read the full article here.
"Huntington, W.Va., is called a warning for the rest of U.S."
By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press
November 17, 2008
Nearly half the adults in Huntington's five-county metropolitan area are obese—an astounding percentage, far bigger than the national average in a country with a well-known weight problem.Huntington leads in a half-dozen other illness measures, too, including heart disease and diabetes, according to a U.S. health report. It's even tops in the percentage of elderly people who have lost all their teeth (half of them).
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This is so NOT what WV needed to overcome the toothless, redneck stereotype. I still call it "home" though!
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