Developer here, obesity is strongly correlated with race, ethnicity, educational attainment.  So, yes, income and poverty play a key role, but  are not the sole determinants of obesity.  The obesity map doesn&#x27;t look exactly like either a poverty map, or a race map, or an education map-- it&#x27;s a synthesis of how those factors influence obesity.  See the home page <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;synthpopviewer.rti.org&#x2F;obesity&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;synthpopviewer.rti.org&#x2F;obesity&#x2F;</a> for additional background on how the data were created and be sure to look at layers depicting significant clustering of the results.