Michigan here. This state is sadly in the top #10 for obesity. I'm not sure what exactly it is but a lot of it could be stubbornness at wanting to change. Also, it's a state with a lot of people who used to do manual labor but have since retired (or even been laid off) and just kept eating. There's also a lot of microbrews around and all of the hipster beer snobs aren't immune to getting "dadabods" as well. This state just isn't as active as it should be and it makes me mad; it's wasted potential.