<p>Some topics caught my interest. The obesity/overweight numbers- this would include people only mildly overweight to those massively obese. It would be more revealing to see only the obesity numbers. Also- states like Florida may reflect many older people from elsewhere who brought their body habitus and eating habits with them from other states.</p>
<p>Wisconsin, and other states, have “slower traffic keep right” signs. This is logical. It is horrendous when two vehicles (cars or trucks) keep pace with each other in the two lanes. It doesn’t matter if they are driving the legal limit (here traffic tickets are highly unlikely if driving within 10 miles over the posted speed limit). Do some cars need to stop before merging due to heavy traffic? You do not have the right of way in the merging lane- highway traffic is not supposed to slow to allow you in and cars can only move to the left lane if there is room to do so.</p>
<p>Decades ago I noticed traffic on eastern highways was faster than in the Midwest (excluding Chicagoland where the left lane always has gone at its high speed regardless of posted). Then the new speed laws took effect and the situation became reversed. There was so little traffic on some western interstates you were lucky to see any other vehicles when we traveled them last fall. We have learned to “go with the flow” when we travel. Surprising how fast even semis go in the rain and dark in the eastern mountains. How to get rollercoaster thrills… up, down and around without much of a shoulder separating you from a long distance down. I think this was near Pittsburg and in West Virginia.</p>