Richard Florida’s blog often points the way to some very interesting stats, but it’s rare to see a cross-border comparison like this: the percentage of obese adult population, broken by down state/province/territory.

Of the 50 + 10 + 3 regions, Canada would represent the six least obese, and eight of the top ten. I’m rather surprised by this; I didn’t think the lifestyle differences were that pronounced. I guess it’s because I tend to compare Canada to the northeastern US states, and that map gets decidedly more orange/brown as you move southeast (except for Florida, where all the Canadian retirees are bringin’ up the average!).

[tags]richard florida, obesity[/tags]