How High Does Alabama Rank On New “Phat List”?

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I love Alabama. I love unhealthy fried food.

I love sweet tea.  I have embraced my fluffiness. What is wrong with that? Please don't lecture me about the health consequences because, as an adult, I am aware of the implications.

Roll Tide!

READ MORE: How This Place Became Alabama's Fattest City!

Alabama is phat, but I digress. Okay, the “for real” obesity rate is rising in most parts of the country.

Younger adults are growing fast, per a newly released report by Invigor Medical. I mean that literally.

Congrats to my sweet home, okay Splenda home, for a 7.4% increase in the obesity rate. That gives us the 3rd fastest obesity increase of any state in the country. Have you been to Walmart lately?

Actually, middle-aged grown people suffer most with obesity.

So what about Ozempic and all the other trendy weight-loss jabs? They have yet to make much difference in national obesity numbers.

Much of this article was written tongue in cheek.
Obesity kills. A lot of us need to do better. More later…my DoorDash delivery just arrived. Roll Tide!