13 Irresistible Foods That Made Louisiana the "Big Belly State"

Not sure you caught it when the article first came out, but if these numbers are true, Louisiana needs a jog and a salad.

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In the article from US News & World Report, our beloved Bayou State was declared the fourth most obese state in the whole country. If these numbers are correct, we might have to rename ourselves the "Big Belly State."

Only West Virginia, Arkansas and Mississippi were declared to have higher percentage rates of obesity than Louisiana's whopping 39.9 percent.

On the other end of the scale, Colorado's 24.6 percent was the nation's lowest barely beating out Hawaii's 26.8 percent.

According to the CDC, Centers for Disease Control, approximately two of every five Americans are obese, meaning they have a body mass index of 30 or above. And it would appear, a lot of those Americans are here in Louisiana.

Numbers like this are what have spawned America's GLP-1 craze with massive amounts of people taking routine injections of Ozempic and Wegovy to aid in their weight loss program.

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I'm just surprised we were fourth and not first. There's no way there are three states that like food more than we do. I'm not saying that we don't have a great number of gym rats to help balance our grading curve, but with the food we have here, I'm just amazed that we aren't some of the biggest people on the planet.

Look at our choices! There's everything from oyster po-boys to bananas foster, shrimp and grits and dirty rice (rice dressing as the Cajuns call it). We are home to some of the finest cuisine anywhere on God's green Earth. And if it doesn't taste exactly like you want, you just haven't put enough Tony's on it!

Just ask anyone who has ever visited Louisiana. The first thing they'll tell you, after they mention how beautiful our women are, is that the food here is incredible!

Just take a look and see if you agree that these are the Foods That Made Louisiana Cuisine Famous!