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Nanny State

What State Is the Fattest?

Nick Gillespie | 8.27.2007 3:13 PM

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Isn't it time we started talking about the Buffet Belt rather than the Bible Belt? I suspect that more politics tracks along the lines of blood sugar swings than theology these days.  reason on fat stuff here.

What state is the fattest? Hint: Not Colorado.

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