Lead researcher Christie Befort said that the combination of rich homemade food and, compared to the urban population, a lack of access to health care that could help them control their weight could be the reason for a higher section of rural population struggling with weight issues.
"There is a definite cultural diet in rural America, full of rich, homemade foods including lots of meat and dessert. Access is often about travel time in a rural area, but it can also be that there's no place to go, literal physical isolation. It's tough to get to a gym if you live outside of a town without one", Befort said.
Source: Medindia