What is America's fattest city? or state?

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Jeffari-al-Texani

I've seen Memphis, Houston and Las Vegas all tagged as the fattest city this past year...and Mississippi as the fattest state...

momontheedge

I thought it was Mississippi.

Joel R

Mississippi is the most overweight state. Hate to say this but I heard it on Oprah (flipping through of course.)

Girl America

HOUSTON TEXAS!!

Pity poor Houston â€” dubbed the fattest city in the country for the third year in a row by Men's Fitness magazine. On the other end of the spectrum, Honolulu tops the list of fittest cities.
The rankings appear in the February issue, on stands Monday.

The top 10 fattest cities:
1. Houston
2. Chicago
3. Detroit
4. Philadelphia
5. St. Louis
6. Cleveland
7. Atlanta
8. Columbus, Ohio
9. Dallas
10. Charlotte

Enough already, say some Houston residents. John Foreyt, an obesity researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, doesn't think picking on a few cities is wise when the entire country is heavy.

"We all have to look at what we can do about this epidemic of obesity that's raging throughout this country and throughout the world," Foreyt says.

Government statistics show that almost 65% of adults in this country weigh too much; about 31% are obese, which is 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. Being overweight can cause health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and some types of cancer.

Editor in chief Jerry Kindela says the magazine wants to draw attention to the fact that the country has gotten fatter. "It's frightening. We are supersizing ourselves into the hospital," Kindela says. "Our goal is to get everybody talking and get everybody moving."

To put together the lists, Men's Fitness looked at the nation's 50 largest cities and ranked them with more than a dozen equally weighted categories, including total number of clubs/gyms/sporting goods stores; fruit and vegetable consumption; alcohol and tobacco use; air and water quality; and parks and recreation facilities.

Some of the magazine's comments on the five fattest cities:

Houston. Given the region's climate (hot and humid), air quality (abysmal) and relative lack of outdoor recreation, staying active presents a Texas-style challenge. The city does have an ongoing Get Lean Houston campaign.
Chicago. The windy city blows it in terms of weather, commute time, open spaces, and poor air and water quality.
Detroit. The only time Detroiters run is when someone offers them fruits and vegetables, the magazine says.
Philadelphia. The city was dubbed the fattest in 2000, and since then the mayor and the city's health and fitness czar embarked on an ambitious anti-lard crusade.
St. Louis. Waistlines here are probably as well-rounded as the Gateway Arch, because most menus consist of burgers and beer. The city has the highest ratio of fast-food joints per capita in the survey. Ditto for bars and taverns.

califblnd

From what I read Mississippi has the fattest and Colorado has the least.

cocoamoe

Mississippi : P is right *winks*

coley b

Yep. Everything is bigger in Texas. The documentary "Supersize Me" even said so.

Jas

Houston Texas

Maria

Springfield

DJG INC

Wherever you live.

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Houston, Texas was fattest city 5 years in a row but that ended in 2005. For 2007 the fattest city was Las Vegas. Heres the link.http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523813&EDATE

westguy18

Houston Texas = Fatest

Denver, Colorado = Healthiest/Skinniest

Whats That About?

I think its Houston

watchagonedo

Houston and Chicago rival for the fattest cities in America year to year. However it has been proven that Mississippi is the absolute fattest state in America.

meekee02

Texas. I saw it on a TV show. I believe it's either Houston or Dallas. I'm leaning more toward Houston though.

Houston is the fattest city in the U.S.
And the fattest state in America is Mississippi.
Interesting question. -Ed

kevin

city: detroit
state: texas

Just me.

I think its Texas .According to the movie "Super size me "

Jeff

Chicago, Illinois. I heard it on The Biggest Loser.

skiairplane

fattest state is Tennessee. Fattest city is Nashville I think. Used to be Houston.

Steve C

New Orleans my friend, the people down there like to eat. Texas still has beautiful thin women, New Orleans they are all fat.

wendy h

Without a doubt it has to be Texas because since I have lived here I have never seen so many fat people all in one place in my entire life!

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