I like this trend of throwing other states into the ocean. For too long Alaska and Hawaii have been floating around out there on their own!

How closely does this match a heatmap for poverty levels?

That's just cuz yo mama so fat the color wheel went all the way 'round her.

Coding data in color is a pet-peeve of mine. As a colorblind person, maps like this are nearly useless to me.

Mildly infuriating you didn’t say what’s being measured.

Is it possible they're expressing admiration or paying you a compliment and not trying to invoke your smirking condescension?

Incidentally, according to the most recent CDC numbers, Colorado is no longer "green" on this map, just Hawaii and DC.

There's only eight states under 30%. West Virgina tops the numbers at 41%.

~75% of the United States is classified as overweight or obese, which is staggering. It has to be pretty unevenly distributed even within states, because I live in a college town in a low-middle-weight state, and very few appear obese, and I'm regularly in a nearby major metro, and I don't see a ton of obese people there either. Rural children are 10-15 times more likely to obese, so I'm guessing that is probably a major factor as well.

25-35% obesity rates covers like 80% of states, so the US is just fat and getting fatter.

Anecdotal story about Colorado.

I visited CO a couple of times a while ago for work. I was in my mid 30's (2007) and fairly fit. I left Cincinnati Airport surrounded by overweight people all around me where I felt pretty good about myself. I arrived in Denver, and suddenly felt like I was on the less fit side of the spectrum.

It was VERY obvious the change. It was not something I noticed / thought about in Cincinnati, but it hit me like a ton of bricks when I landed in CO.

I've talked about that experience through the years. I have to watch what I eat, and work to be 'as fit' as I am, it definitely does not just come natural or anything remotely like. I drove around / hiked pretty much every moment I was not working and both trips were amazing. Such a beautiful state!

Sorry, but when people complain about obesity and talk about how easy it is for them to be healthy, all I think about is my brother. He eats more than me and isn't any more active than me, but hes borderline underweight and can't keep weight on to save his life. YES, people don't take care of themselves, I know, that's not my point. At my most active, most healthy eating part of my life, the best shape I've ever been, I was still considered overweight, so forgive me for rolling my eyes at this.

Nice, I live in insufficient data!

Kentucky: “don’t bother asking”

Is this OP's way of asking the rest of us to send OP holiday snacks ?

Do you need food OP ?

I’ve only visited Colorado once, during my cross country road trip maybe 10 years ago (I’ve since left the US) and loved it there. I did notice how much healthier/thinner everyone was. I was in Boulder for 2-3 days and did a couple day hikes. Everyone was very friendly. I would love to live there. As someone who’s on the higher side of normal weight, I’ve never felt so unfit.

How did CO do that? Free lunch in school? This does not seem to be something you can do by having more virtuous people.

I also live in a green state and think of myself as a bit overweight. Visited family in MS, I'm a Mississippi 9 at least!

Living in a green state can't be that bad. It's green!

As someone who moved from california to nebraska, holy shit are people out here severely overweight. Working food service makes you see it way more as well, more often than not they buy about 3 peoples worth of food, sit down, and eat it all for lunch... then complain about the price of course

I'm a red dot in Colorado. 😕

I see that "snitches get stitches" is still in effect in Philly.

Area covered by lava?