Why are all the healthiest places to live blue states?

From the news article linked below:


"Minnesota, which has held the top spot in 11 of the 17 years of the survey, was cited for, among other things, its low rate of uninsured (8.4 percent), low percentage of children in poverty (10 percent), and low infant mortality rate (5.1 deaths per 1,000 live births).





Vermont was second on the list, followed by New Hampshire, Hawaii and Connecticut..."








http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_o...

Why are all the healthiest places to live blue states?
They don't eat fried pork rinds, chicken fried steaks, or fried twinkies.





See a key word there?
Reply:Democrats tend to be more liberal than Republicans and they tend to support environmental causes and social welfare programs. both of which lead to healthier situations.
Reply:WA
Reply:Some reasons are:


Blue staters are more educated people who eat healthier foods, exercise more and visit their doctors more.


Blue staters care more about their physical appearance - they wear trendier clothing which require a slimmer figure.


Additionally city dwellers walk more, party more. Partying/dancing is a form of cardio exercise as well as endorphin producers.





Red staters are less educated than red staters. They drive more, eat more, eat more UNHEALTHY foods. They are the most obese people, not only in the USA, but in the world.





Their recreational pastimes are primarily stationary, such as watching TV, fishing or sitting on the deck rocking and sunning.


They used workout more while tending to the farms, but farm work has gone hi-tech. Blue states are slowly becoming quasi-suburban so they taken to resting up too much.