I mentioned above that there's many articles comparing and ranking American cities and states on various societal issues. There are far fewer such articles and I suppose it's because there are far fewer Canadian provinces and major cities to compare with. That said, there are still such articles now and then comparing Canadian locations and since we're talking about obesity, here's a map comparing the obesity rates in each province and territory from 2000 to 2011 by total Canadian population.
And since we're talking about sports team fans as well, let's see if there's any kind of correlation using CFL football fans to represent a Canadian sports fan. Obviously, there are many variables indeed and many things to be filtered out. It's correct to say that there are far more men than women who are football fans, so let's filter out so that this is a comparison for male population only:
It looks like the highest obesity places are the territories and the maritime provinces but of course there are not CFL teams in those locations so it's correct to say that it's not a causal relationship (unless for some reason them happen to be huge Winnipeg/Hamilton/Saskatchewan fans).
It looks like those in BC are the fittest for the eight samples with none of exceeding 24% obesity, followed by Quebec in which only twice did they exceed 24% but remained below 30% and it looks like coincidentally the Lions and Alouettes were the two most successful teams in that dozen years with three Grey Cups each.
Then Ontario and Alberta ranks sort of in the middle, and during that time the Eskimos and Stampeders won two each and the cities are judged individually and not the entire province since Calgary fans don't necessarily support Edmonton teams and vice versa. And if the Argonauts can compensate for the Tiger-Cats and counting 2012 and represent Ontario, then that province has won two Grey Cups.
Finally, Saskatchewan and Manitoba seems to have the highest obesity rates among the CFL provinces, with Manitoba readily increasing since 2000 and during that time, the Roughriders have only won Grey Cup while the Blue Bombers haven't won it since 1990.
So there's definitely a correlation. Any causal relationship?
Of course, others will point out the logical fallacy of
correlation implies causation without solid research.
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In case you were wondering what the Canadian female obesity rate during that same period:
And here's an 2004 chart on overweight and obesity in Canada by province:
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Hey sj-roc, I know you are from Newfoundland originally. Given your observations can you definitively say that there are a lot more obese Newfies than British Columbians? Aside from assuming that all Newfies are Roughriders or Blue Bombers fans, can you explain the high obesity rates in Newfoundland?
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放，首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事，由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
