Obesity in the Avenues
In today's Salt Lake Tribune:
Heaviest Utahns live in Rose Park; leanest in Aves
Age and women's education were the only factors statistically linked to areas' obesity rates. Those two factors accounted for about half of the difference between the most and least obese areas, Larsen said.
"It's very interesting because you would think income would have something to do with it," she said. "My intuitive sense is that a higher proportion of college-educated women means they're more likely to be physically active and perhaps take care of their spouse differently, but we really aren't sure why that was a factor."

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Not sure where you are going with this, but does this help?
United States
Children Ages 6 to 11
Obesity rate
Black..........35.9%
Hispanic......39.3%
White.........26.2%
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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