Obesity is directly related to poverty because the least expensive foods are carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, potatoes. Hungry people will eat whatever they have access to, even if it will make them fat while leaving them hungry
I am pretty sure the obesity rate is based on BMI as well which only takes into consideration weight and height. I am a regular gym goer at 6ft 200lbs right now and my BMI says I am overweight.
Quality and availability of medical care absolutely has an effect on life expectancy. You should definitely be proud of Portugal for doing well with it. Keep in mind with the minimum wage that there are massive cost of living differences. Cheaper places to live will have lower pay. Also, what's shown is what the legal minimum is, but not necessarily what jobs are paying. If they are having difficulty hiring in the area, wages can and will be higher than the minimum. The exception is jobs that are tipped, where they can pay below the minimum.
Here in New Mexico we have a large Native American population, this is one of the best stories of them in modern times. !!!Navajo Code Talkers | Short Documentary | EXPLORE MODE!!! Que tiene un bien dia mi amigo.
The Navajo Code Talkers is an absolutely amazing story. One of the best WW2 stories ever. None of the Japanese could speak Navajo, so that language became America's "code" during the war. No one ever broke it.
These maps don’t explain why some areas have worst statistics than others because we don’t talk about race and the history of economic exploitation in the different states. Unfortunately this explains a lot of the differences. States with larger percentages of historically marginalized communities will have higher poverty, crime, violence, and incarceration rates. And it may not be as high as in the U.S. but obesity rates are going up in every country in the world, including Europe.
Something to note about the obesity maps, is that the way we measure obesity has actually changed since the 1990s, so the drastic difference is actually not as much as it seems. We do have high rates but there are other factors to consider. Also I love your videos!❤
Jobs and entertainment are MUCH more sedentary. When I was a kid in SE Texas, kids got home from school and rode their bikes, played outside. In the summer we were outside the entire day!! Now, kids are inside playing video games. I never see kids playing outside. I never see kids on bicycles. They might be part of organized sports part of the school year. But we were out every day. Also we had chores. And not just taking out the trash. We mowed the lawn with a push mower and had a large garden we helped care for. Helped with animal care.
When I was a child in the 70's an obese person was an extremely rare sight. In the 90's it wasn't anywhere near as rare, but it wasn't that common either, then at some point it just exploded. Part of it is the move to keeping kids indoors at all times and the prevalence of video games. Crime went up. Families fell apart with even more frequency (it's always been pretty bad). It became more common for people to juggle multiple jobs just to make ends meet. All of that contributed to stress. Stress is a major factor in weight gain.
the way we measure obesity has NOT changed...it is and has always been a BMI over 30. the only DIFFERENCE is that there are new categories of obesity: Class 1: BMI of 30 to < 35. Class 2: BMI of 35 to < 40. Class 3: BMI of 40 or higher. Class 3 obesity is sometimes categorized as “severe” obesity. I am 58 yo and I see the differences between the 1970s ans 80s and today. When I look at my grammar school and high school photos there were only a couple of kids who were probably 5-20 ibs overweight...definitely not like today!
@OkiePeg411 I have to agree with you on this. When I was a kid in the 90's, and even in my high school years in the 2000's, my parents didn't want me in the house until dinner time, so I spent my time out in the neighborhood, riding my bike, shooting baskets, hanging out with friends, ect. You also had no choice but to go out, if you wanted to interact with your friends because cell phones weren't really a thing in the 90's, and very few people had them in the 2000's, and almost no one had a smart phone back then. Also, when I was watching TV, there were cartoons like Rocket Power and Pokémon, which promoted going outside. I got really exited when the game Pokémon Go came out because areas of my city that were dead for a while were bustling with people again, but the pandemic quickly put an end to that, and now those areas are dead again.
As for the jail/prison map, you have to realize that the South is stricter about enforcing the law which means if you break the law, you will have consequences. Many of the states that have low incarceration rates also have easier laws. It doesn't mean that a state is safer because it has a low incarceration rate.
I'd love it if he'd do a walkabout video and showed us the sites of his city in Portugal. I know so little about that country, but I've heard it's lovely there. :)
19:50 The primary reason for this is once you're in jail, it's hard to get you out because our system is based around punishment and not rehabilitation. But, this applies to alot of the country and not just the south, as you can see. Edit: also, high populations. Some of these states have higher population counts than the others.
As for the ancestry map, keep in mind that is the largest single ancestry group, it doesn't necessarily mean that said group is a majority of the total population. Also the "American" ancestry group is an option on the census that has gain popularity in the Appalachian states, since the 1990s. Before this option was added to the census, many of these people would have opted for Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish, or English.
Alaska has such a high crime rate because its so spread out and theres not a lot of people. Criminals love it because they can get away with a lot of unspeakable horrors without anyone ever knowing. Kidnapping, murder, and assault in many forms is really high because its easier to take advantage of people when theres nobody around. It's an unfortunate truth and theres not much that can be done about it.
@19:50, the incarceration problem is likely due to the poverty levels that can exist, causing folks to resort to escapist tendencies (Alcohol, drugs, etc., then doing something dumb like driving) or desperation for money (theft to try to pawn/sell stolen goods, "I can't afford to go to jail, so I'm going to run from the cops/fight the cops," dealing drugs, etc.).
Remember that one state always has to rank last. Right now that's usually Mississippi. Poverty & lack of respect for authority is a huge issue that compounds & correlates to many other problems. And when your state gains a bad reputation it only encourages people and money to stay away.
I think the obesity stems from the fillers and additives used in pre-prepared and boxed foods in the US. Also with the rise of technology people in the US have become less active.
Minority means like the second largest group in the US so for California and new Mexico, Hispanics is the largest while white is a Minority in those 2 states.
As someone from the south I can say one of the reasons for some negative economics to the south is due to history dating back to the civil war. The destruction caused during the civil war caused some lasting damage, I believe the capital of my state only fully recovered during the 1990s for example. Others in the comment section also added some valid reasons that I didn't mention. I just wanted to point out a fact that not many people I see talk about.
I kinda look at it as “punishment”. It’s like we are being punished for having slaves. But no one talks about the Northern states had slaves too. It’s as if that is so glossed over. So yeah, it’s punishment. Ya’ll come back now you hear. ✌🏻 ~Also so as of now A LOT of Northerners have moved to the South, so… 🤨
A lot of Portuguese immigrants settled in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, mostly working in the fishing and seafood industries. I live in southeastern Connecticut and many of my neighbors are of Portuguese ancestry and speak the language at home. It is not uncommon to hear it spoken out in public and in shops.
I didn't know that! I was guessing Massachusetts was somehow a popular destination for Portuguese speaking Brazilians.😅. I heard once that the largest Portuguese speaking population was actually in Brazil, not Portugal. All this useless knowledge will come in quite handy some day when I win the grand prize on a game show!
Both Massachusetts and Rhode Island have a lot of Portuguese speakers. Despite not being a major airport, the airport in Providence (Rhode Island's capital) has direct flights to Lisbon.
Credit score means you have good credit. It does not mean you owe a lot of money; just that you could borrow a lot if you wanted to. Remember that people can make the numbers mean anything they want to make them mean.
Its not fast food. It's food in general. We put sugar in everything and most of our meals has some sort of base carbs like bread and noodles. We based our nutrition on a "food pyramid" that pointed to carbs as the most needed food. Also corn is subsidized and we make sugar from it....
@20:44 Income is generally measured BEfORE taxes (Gross). We call it Gross and Net Income. Gross income is prior to taxes taken out, and net income is after taxes, Medicare, insurance etc., your employer takes out. Gross is what you made, net is what you deposited to the bank... Income is judged by gross in the U.S., so, it is a number that is based on actual salaries, not your, "take home pay." Like I have a 401K. That takes money out every payday. That does impact my net pay, but banks look at net pay here for loans more than gross pay (They also look at total time at time at current job).
@@european-reactsdue to cost of living going up everywhere and housewives becoming less. Americans now come home from work with little time to actually cook dinner so they all order out unhealthy fast food. Culture is a part of it as well however its not a 1 thing causing it issue.
@@european-reactsyes you are correct. But fruits and veggies are more expensive and most of our foods are very processed and have chemicals or steroids. Europe (I feel) is more concerned with the health of its citizens. I love my country to pieces but we need a lot of help with health and healthcare.❤
@@nuclearnerd8330 to which of the 15-20 varieties of apples here are you referring to :) You cannot be poor and eat healthy in the US. Everything and I mean everything has added sugar and calories. Even a chicken here has added sugar. The portion sizes here are probably twice the size of yours.
New to the channel! I am from West Virginia and I can confirm, there are a ton of obese people here. Part of that is due to the fact that most of the state is very poor. So calorie dense foods are cheap and eaten a lot. But I think that is only part of the problem. I am sure that decreased exercise and lack of knowledge aslo contributes.
I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It's that large population of people of Scandinavian descent that accounts for the health (they almost all engage in outdoor activities every season), in my humble opinion.
12:47 All this map is showing is which states think the government should be more involved in everyone's life. This map doesn't show anything about what people actually are making, it is just showing what the minimum that you can be paid per hour in each state. It also is ignoring the cost of living in each state.
18:20 California has a lot of Spanish-language infrastructure that makes it possible for people of Mexican descent to get by without learning English, and the map is only focusing on English literacy. While the US federal government mostly corresponds in English, and new immigrants are required to learn English, the nation does not actually have an official language! Government agencies here generally use what the people speak rather than the other way around, so some state and city governments are bilingual or trilingual to better communicate with their populations. Of course, English is still the most common and expected language pretty much everywhere.
@@EternalBeatbox requiring immigrants to speak English and institutionalizing the language are different things. English is prioritized, but not officialized.
Here in the South, the food is great, but the weather isn't. It's too hot for working out outdoors and our long work hours leave very little time for it.
Just here to point out that one of the states that is most overlooked and hardest to point out on the map is Iowa. It also has low crime, low income inequality, higher life expectancy, higher than average income, and one of the lowest costs of living.
These maps and the relative differences are a manifestation of the political ideology of the people that live there. These could just as easily be electoral maps for any given election in the last 200 years.
The most negative thing I can say about Minnesota is it snows there a lot in the winter. It's a lovely state with lovely people. You'd probably be very happy living there, unless you don't like snow. :)
Obesity only started becoming a problem after High Fructose Corn Syrup replaced real sugar. Video games and internet addiction also replaced general exercise, also. Crazy diet programs fail and make health worse.
One scary thing is that in the 1990s, food scientists who were employed to scientifically perfect addictive foods by major food companies went to their boards and said "Hey, if you guys keep formulating your foods to be as addictive as possible, in 30 years a quarter of Americans are going to have diabetes." I remember how unthinkable that statistic was when I first heard it 20 years ago, when type 2 diabetes was a rare disease that not many people got. The food companies of course said "What, make our food less addictive so people will eat less of it? Are you crazy? More food being consumed = more profit." So the companies just kept honing in on how to make food more and more addictive, and the government didn't do anything like it does in most European countries (the EU has actually banned quite a few ingredients that are legal in America due to health concerns) to protect public health because we kept voting against regulations on food producers, and now...yeah...
Nothing ever gets better, it'll only keep getting worse. They lie about sugar not being the cause of diabetes so you'll get it making them guaranteed diabetics client's for big farms. Nothing new here and it'll never change for the good.
TRUE But that's not the only reason. I've been in the ranching business for 7 decides. Today they put growth hormones in everything from Animal feed - your store-bought veggies.... The dairy Industries change has created milk that is nearly undrinkable. The effects of the hormones in dairy cattle were very obvious from the beginning with pre adolescent girls developing sooner than what used to be the norm. Sad today's 30 and younger are so out of shape and unfit a 70-year-old can out work most of them.
Crime is a symptom of poverty, and states with less crime tend to have less poverty. Edit: Also, are they talking about violent crime or all crimes? They way "danger" is counted could be misleading.
Poverty tends to lead to obesity. Cheaper food tends not to be healthy. We also have food deserts in many rural and low income areas. So limited access to good quality food. As for life expectancy, its linked to obesity and the lack of healthcare. Health care in the U.S. isnt a right. You have to pay for health insurance and pay a co-pay for each appointment. Medication is also very expensive. People go bankrupt from medical debt.
Minnesota is way too cold for me. As a general rule, I prefer to live in places that don't regularly get dozens of degrees colder than my freezer. That's probably why they have such a low crime rate, it's too cold to leave the house. 😂
This is quite possibly true. There is something to be said about places that freeze so hard lakes turn into major roads. I'll never forget the first time I saw a truck drive over the ice. My eyes just about popped out of my head.
@@kleindropper It has good salaries and a low cost of living. Poverty = crime. Some races are poorer than others. The world is not so simple as, "brown = bad."
Only in the winter and that wouldn't explain Alaska. You'd get used to the cold. I can't stand temps above 75 degrees, so I feel the same way about the Southern heat. 😅
Many people with Portuguese heritage also live in California. (I'm descended from Portuguese dairy farmers.) When my friend from Maine visits my home in LA county, she is able to look out over a population as big as her whole state.
Yes, there are a few Portuguese that have settled in CA. My ex-husband's paternal family came from Portugal three generations ago. They owned vineyards in Northern California. There's also a family owned restaurant in Haf Moon Bay called Duarte's. They are from the Azores
Minnesotan here - Yes, it is a wonderful state. We have cold winters, but our summers are second to none, as are the people here. Hope you and your family get a chance to visit us. BTW, we have the largest indoor mall in America.... over 4,000,000 sq ft. (Have no idea in square meters.) Take care.
A lot of the differences can be attributed to each county being in control of local education. The states with a higher percent of wealthy counties, are more educated.
There are approximately 50 million people with German ancestry and 50 million people with Irish ancestry in the United States there are millions of Italians and polish and there are 1.3 million Portuguese.
@@augiegirl1 Where I live in the Northeast there are a lot of German people. I'm surrounded by them. My ancestors came from Ireland and Poland and there's a little bit of a couple other nationalities mixed in from Europe. I love Germany and German food.
@@jeffhampton2767 I live in the Midwest; I now live in Kansas, but I grew up in Nebraska. Nebraska has a regional fast-food chain called Runza, & the Runza sandwich is essentially a Volga German Bierock (you can look up Runza sandwich on Wikipedia for more info; the article is pretty good). Since you like German food, you should try a Runza if you're ever in Nebraska. I saw at least one review stating that it was almost as good as a family member’s homemade bierock.
Yes, Minnesota is a great state. The average people there are unusually kind, polite, and generous, and there are huge areas of forests and lakes. It can be very cold in the winter, but owning appropriate clothing makes that not a big deal. Snow shoveling is good exercise anyway ;)
You’re missing that big square in the middle COLORADO! It does well in everything! Not as cold or snowy as Massachusetts! It’s almost February and we’ve had 3 inches of snow. Rewind and watch! Lots of sun!
There is a historical cultural difference between the North and the South regarding education. While Thomas Jefferson (Virginia) founded a University, John Adams (Massachusetts) wrote a right to elementary education (universal literacy) into the Massachusetts state constitution.
That state with the Portuguese flag is Massachusetts. A large portion of Americans in the state are of Portuguese ancestry. The city in the U.S. with the highest number of Portuguese-Americans is Fall River, Massachusetts. You can see the Portuguese influence in this video: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-odKJUO8QF_U.html&pp=ygUdUG9ydHVndWVzZSBjdWx0dXJlIGZhbGwgcml2ZXI%3D
America is very large and complex in terms of why stats are the way they are and trends in regions. I can answer a few that you had though. The biggest factor of why the south keeps coming up short is poverty. They have the largest populations of poorest people with kentucky and west virginia also included in that. That alone means their income is lower, crime will be higher and with higher crime you have the high incarceration rates, obesity is higher. There is another trend that is actually quite relevant though it is not 'politically correct'. There will be people who get mad at this one. But the distribution of different racial/immigrant groups have a big effect on the state's crime rate credit score and income. The south with florida and california included has a huge black and hispanic population. And the north has vast majority european or white american population. The highest percentage of white states almost always have the lowest crime and good cost of living stats(high income or low cost of living). The places with large populations of black or hispanics have the highest levels of poverty and crime. If you really honestly look at it that way, its hard to argue its nearly a 1 to 1 correlation.
Also New England is the safest area. It’s known as a the bubble. Low diversity, high wages, rural land and high average age. I’m blessed to live here, you can leave your doors unlocked and your cars running.
Regarding the safety vs danger map. Take my state, Missouri. Remove the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro areas, and crime levels drop dramatically low. Stats can always be skewed. Especially Alaska as #2 in crime. Per capita maybe….but Alaska is one of the least populated states of the 50, if not the least. Good video and react. For Native Americans, search YT videos of native Americans helping save Ireland 🇮🇪 during the Great Hunger in the 1840s and 50s. It brought tears to my eyes. Did I mention all my grandparents were from Ireland? Yup.
Peter Santenello has an excellent youtube channel with a video series going to six or seven different tribes in America and covers a broad range of topics from ancient cultures from modern day problems that each tribe faces. His entire channel is great. His boarder crisis videos would probably spark your interest also.
My friend, you are really learning about America! I grew up as an American citizen in Monrovia, Liberia (West Africa), went to college in America and stayed. My wife and I made our living making high salaries in San Francisco, California (30 years). We retired initially in Palm Beach, Florida (10 years) but found out it was not what we wanted. We live now near Des Moines, Iowa (5 years). I highly recommend my friends to follow my pattern (make money in rich states) retire in the mid-western states. The cost of living is lower, the statistics in most categories are significantly higher, and the people are fantastic. Ideal for your age range and from what I’ve seen of you I would HIGHLY recommend you check out the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Yes, the weather in winter can be difficult but 75% of the year it’s a beautiful outdoor states. It has the most beautiful lakes you’ve ever seen. Check out Minnesota, even though I live in Iowa (border states).
The red, black, and green American flag is simply called the African American flag. It was originally created as a piece for an art exhibit. It combines the elements of the American flag with the Pan African flag. It is meant to express the sentiment that being proud of your African heritage (the Pan African flag) and being proud to be an American (the American flag) are not mutually exclusive and these truths coexist in most African Americans.
30:21 Again it comes back to education. People with higher educational attainment, earn more income and are more financially literate, therefore they tend to have high credit scores. Meanwhile states that are poorer and have less financial literacy, tend to have worse credit scores.
That "safest place" map was weird and didn't look right to me at all. I was looking at the region I live in, they showed Michigan as slightly pink. As with most statistics about states, the cities have an oversized impact on the averages, BUT, it showed Illinois as light blue -- home to Chicago, a former and probably current "Murder Capital". Detroit is rough, but not Chicago rough.
20:00 Not a Southerner so take this with a grain of salt: the US South has some very uncomfortable racial demographic issues around its incarceration rate. Depending on who you ask, you will get answers blaming either "systemic racism" (that is, unfairly imprisoning minorities) or "criminal culture" (that is, minority cultures having less respect for the law and glorifying illegal behavior). Personally, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle, but more sided with the "systemic racism" explanation. Although you are Portuguese, you are probably familiar with the common European attitudes regarding the Roma - though a very different history, there are some echoes.
1. Poverty is directly linked to obesity. The poor are unable to buy fresh and healthy foods. “Healthy” food are is more expensive than junk food. A factor that plays into this is that the “healthy weight range” hasn’t been changed in decades. At my height, if I weighed within the recommended range, I would literally be skin stretched over bones with most of my organs removed. 2. The crime rate is per capital and, again, poverty and crime go hand in hand. 3. My ancestry is Scots-Irish with some Dutch and Native American thrown in. Even knowing where my ancestors immigrated from, my genealogy traces back to England. The two purple spots in North Carolina are Cherokee in the west and Lumbee in the east (Lumbee is not a nationally recognized tribe). 4. Republican dominated states typically pay lower wages. 5. North Carolina is popular due to the climate and higher education. 6. Poverty is a major factor in imprisonment. 7. South Carolina’s roads are horrible! They don’t tax gas like other states, which is what most states use for road maintenance. Also, they don’t require annual inspections for automobiles to be sure the vehicles are in safe operating condition- things like brakes, tires, windshield wipers, etc. 8. Minnesota is under snow for about half the year. Depends on if you enjoy freezing…
Dude, you know the states better than a lot of Americans do, it is very rare to find anybody who can name all 50, but I think you know them better than even some of the most patriotic people do.
@24:29 The original RU-vidr was actually describing the states and WHO is a minority as a percentage. IE: In California White folks appear to be a minority at this time. IE, in the southeast "Dark" skinned folks are the largest minority. @25:34, there are more "other" folks than whites in the state. You have to think about immigration, race in general by birth, etc.
You'll find a helpful summary of Mississippi's troubled economic history on the wiki page, much of it a lesson in over-reliance on a single crop at the expense of education and manufacturing.
The reason obesity is going out of control isn't just due to over-consumption (tho a lot is) During the late 70s' and early 80s' Fat in food was demonized to the point that they removed it from food and because everything tasted like crap they started adding in sugar by the loads, even today food is over-packed with sugar. Not just sugar but High-fructose corn syrup is in EVERYTHING. You could talk about "conspiracy" that a lot of this is due to our overproduction of corn and why we haven't stopped adding pounds and pounds of sugar to foods. Foods packed with so much sugar make you want more almost as bad as being addicted to drugs.
Also, easiest way to remember how to say Massachusetts is 'Mass uh chew sets.' That was taught to me when I was younger so I could understand the pronunciation.
@28:51. I live in GA and work in SC, as do a few of my co-workers and can confirm the roads are total crap, but the "local" drivers in SC, they just do not seem to even know blinkers/turn signals were even included with their vehicles. IT WAS NOT REALLY OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT SINCE THE 50'S... C'mon folks. Also, LANE CONTROL
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. You can call Massachusetts Mass. Originally at lot of Portuguese immigrants settled in Southeaster Mass, Cape Cod and Rhode Island, now it is more Brazilian immigrants. There is already Portuguese culture influencing the area like Portuguese bakeries, so it is an attractive area to Portuguese speakers. I have an Irish last name, but went to high school with a lot of people with Portuguese last names.
For what its worth, Massachusetts (and Rhode Island, which doesn't really show up well on this map) lean more toward Brazilian Portuguese, but you will find plenty of Portugal Portuguese too.
“What the hell is going on in California?!” Yeah… we don’t know lol Also, I’m in Texas. It’s so much cheaper to live here so the lower pay rates make sense.
Love your videos. One critique on I have on average life expectancy, I wonder how they factor in deaths from wars and such. I imagine that’s why the US might be a bit lower. I wish they would dig deeper and do more multivariate analysis as far as life expectancy go.
Where I live in Massachusetts it is as common to hear Portuguese as it is to hear English. I am not Portuguese but even I can speak a little. It is so common 🎉everyone mixes Portuguese expressions in our everyday English .
Hello, from Maine! I love watching your videos, and seeing my homeland through the eyes of someone with a whole different perspective. I have thoughts in my mind about why some of those trends show up the way they do, but it would take a lot of time and some fact checking to see if I'm on the right track. Maybe someday I'll make my own reaction video with an "insider perspective".
My pateral grandmother lived to be 103. She was born in indian territory (Oklahoma) before it was a state. My maternal grandmother lived until she was 98 in SE Texas. My father was born and raised in Oklahoma and is 94. He is still very independent, still drives, fishes, and plays golf!!! My mother is from SE Texas and is now 90, still drives, cooks and cares for her home, and my parents are about to celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary. Yes, thete are a lot of very obese people, but from what I see, it is because people only eat fast food and very large portions, unhealthy snacks. They are too lazy to cook healthy meals. The children arent provided healthy homecooked meals like i grew up with. If a kid "doesn't like it" the parents give the kid what they like, not what they NEED. Also, parents don't limit their children on snacks, junk foods, and portion sizes. Another reason is that jobs today are all sedentary. They work in offices at a desk and computer. Oklahoma, Texas and Mississippi used to a lot more farming, ranching. If you look at the old census records, most people in the south/midwest and west were farmers and homemakers. They did physical work every day. Society has changed in so many ways, from sedentary work to fast food every meal.
