Add bad teeth and bad hair to the list of Bayou state malaises. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have landed on two unenviable lists compiled by Total Beauty magazine, although the dishonor really belongs to the state as a whole.
Baton Rouge ranks fifth in the magazine’s list of the 14 worst teeth cities, but the criteria for the ranking pertain to the state as a whole: “Louisiana has more than a few factors working against a pretty smile. It ranks no. 43 in dentists per capita, no. 49 in exercise, no. 52 in fruit and vegetable consumption (and we know those crunchy veggies help fight plaque) and — not surprising, considering these factors — no. 5 in teeth loss.” Biloxi, Miss., tops the list of bad teeth cities for its low density of dentists, high smoking rate and other factors.
New Orleans, meanwhile, shows up in a second ignominious list on the magazine’s Web site, coming it at No. 10 among the 13 worst hair cities in the U.S., citing the Big Easy’s humidity and rainy weather. Again, the honor is all ours, although we’ll let New Orleans take the credit. The top three on that list, in ascending order, are Pittsburgh, Pa. (pollution), Olympia, Wash. (humidity, rain, paucity of hair stylists), and Corpus Christi, Texas (humidity, hard water, lack of salons).
... written by give me a break , August 24, 2009 - 06:15 pm
Well, at least i have heard of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
I've been reading vogue for 30 years, and quite a few other fashion magazines for almost that long, and i never have heard of this rag, i mean publication.
... written by Ms. Moist Towelette , August 24, 2009 - 06:42 pm
Bad Hair in NOLA? It's worse in Mississippi.
... written by Jason , August 24, 2009 - 07:49 pm
This is pointless, for a number of reasons.
... written by ETEE , August 24, 2009 - 10:35 pm
Bad Hair??? Can you say "Blagojevich"!!!
... written by Concerned_BR , August 24, 2009 - 10:40 pm
This is outrageous! Everyone is beautiful in Louisiana.
... written by JimFogleman , August 25, 2009 - 12:48 am
These two lists should make the "Top Ten" most useless list.
... written by KatherineIV , August 25, 2009 - 03:21 am
You can tell it's August when ... news is hard to come by.
... written by Myrick6 , August 25, 2009 - 12:28 pm
The Rag Mag should be on the totally useless, totally clueless lists. Maybe on the "least recognizable magazine" list....
... written by Toonces , August 25, 2009 - 01:47 pm
What a great article... Maybe the snaggle teeth of the south will get off their ass and got to the Dentist. The worst teeth in Louisiana is still straighter than the best teeth in London.
... written by Jason D. Faulk , August 25, 2009 - 07:55 pm
It's quite a sad state of affairs if Louisiana is ranked number 52 on a list of 50 states in terms of vegetable and fruit consumption(must be beneath Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.) We live in one of the most bountiful, year-round agricultural regions in the country. There is also a diet connection to healthfulness, so perhaps knowing as some scientists do, that teeth health and malformation is related to one's diet, is that this is a clear sign of our need for improvement.
This comes back to federal ag policy since the 1970's when we began overproducing grain and sugar crops. What would great grandma eat? Not a lot of the bull we call Food these days. Also, as Matt Simmons would probably reference, we waste 10 times or more in the amount of oil and gas energy to produce the food and ship it cross country or from overseas, than the food yields in calories to us to consume.
Do the math, or google it online. It's all there.
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I've been reading vogue for 30 years, and quite a few other fashion magazines for almost that long, and i never have heard of this rag, i mean publication.