Thin privilege is not having your body type blamed for the perceived health (or alleged lack there of) of an entire state. Damn you, Motley Fool, a state’s low obesity ranking does not automatically make it one of the ‘healthiest.’

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Here’s the Gallup chart referenced by the article:

And here’s a chart of the Health Index from state to state. I’ve underlined the states in the chart above, to show you that the correlation between obesity and a broader metric of health is much weaker than the Motley Fool article implies:

(health index definition)

The “obesity epidemic” (which doesn’t exist, since rates of obesity have leveled off completely in women since 2001 and are leveling off in men, and is the weakest definition of 'epidemic’ I’ve seen, given that according to Gallup the average person has only gained about 15 pounds since 1990) = propaganda.

Even the Motley Fool article is basically just a set of investment recommendations (which, admittedly, is one of the primary focuses of the magazine). The “obesity epidemic” is a giant moneymaker for all stripes.

-ATL