Posted on 03/23/2017 1:28:48 PM PDT by EveningStar
Americans are the fattest people in the world. By one measure, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population aged 15 and older is overweight or obese. But such a finding should come as no surprise, considering the proliferation of fast-food establishments and increasingly cheaper grocery items that have negatively altered our diets. Unfortunately, the extra pounds have inflated the costs of obesity-related medical treatment to nearly $316 billion a year and annual productivity losses due to work absenteeism to more than $8.6 billion.
But certain places are more responsible than others for tipping the scale in favor of bad health. To identify them, WalletHub’s analysts compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 17 key indicators of weight-related problems. Our data set ranges from share of physically inactive adults to projected obesity rates by 2030 to healthy-food access. Read on for our findings, expert advice on tackling America’s growing obesity problem and a full description of our methodology.
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Correlate with the most generous welfare handout cities in America.
It’s pretty obvious they spent little time in rural Iowa. My goodness, there are some LARGE specimens here.
Work absenteeism? I’ve never missed work from being fat.
Can somebody just post the list? I don’t want to go to wallet hub.com
1 Jackson, MS 84.93 2 1 22
2 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 82.78 3 8 1
3 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 82.12 4 3 14
4 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 82.10 6 2 7
5 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 81.82 1 5 18
6 Chattanooga, TN-GA 79.23 17 7 20
7 Mobile, AL 78.86 14 6 30
8 Lafayette, LA 77.03 5 12 52
9 Winston-Salem, NC 76.74 39 16 2
10 Knoxville, TN 76.73 25 19 23
11 Columbia, SC 76.54 9 29 24
12 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 76.34 13 32 12
13 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 76.03 16 10 25
14 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 75.80 6 47 3
15 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 75.57 10 15 27
16 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC 75.20 12 39 33
17 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 75.05 15 21 9
18 Oklahoma City, OK 74.83 19 26 10
19 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 74.48 49 9 31
20 Baton Rouge, LA 74.33 8 4 39
21 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 74.14 34 23 6
22 El Paso, TX 74.13 21 22 11
23 Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, TN 73.94 20 34 16
24 Tulsa, OK 73.74 24 20 26
25 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 73.70 26 42 5
26 Toledo, OH 73.44 36 31 4
27 Huntsville, AL 73.43 22 89 35
28 Greensboro-High Point, NC 73.31 29 24 15
29 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 73.17 31 11 28
30 Columbus, OH 73.00 35 27 8
31 Canton-Massillon, OH 72.89 38 17 46
32 Wichita, KS 72.87 28 28 13
33 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 72.31 33 25 21
34 Lexington-Fayette, KY 72.19 23 14 42
35 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 71.71 27 72 29
36 Fort Wayne, IN 71.58 32 18 34
37 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 71.44 18 71 60
38 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 71.22 11 13 45
39 Jacksonville, FL 69.91 61 35 17
40 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 69.54 44 45 56
41 Richmond, VA 69.22 59 33 51
42 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 68.88 53 30 79
43 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 68.73 57 53 40
44 Asheville, NC 68.30 63 69 36
45 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 68.23 54 46 32
46 Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA 67.86 68 38 66
47 Dayton, OH 67.58 51 62 59
48 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 67.48 79 63 19
49 Worcester, MA-CT 66.57 80 36 75
50 Raleigh, NC 66.30 50 75 37
51 Kansas City, MO-KS 66.20 60 60 38
51 Albuquerque, NM 66.20 42 64 43
53 Akron, OH 66.11 62 65 61
54 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 66.03 45 55 44
55 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 66.01 76 43 84
56 Springfield, MA 65.97 77 54 74
57 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 65.30 40 56 57
58 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 65.05 71 78 47
59 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 65.05 46 49 54
60 Portland-South Portland, ME 64.41 70 92 64
61 Anchorage, AK 64.32 43 59 63
62 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 64.18 47 58 62
63 Manchester-Nashua, NH 64.10 84 68 89
64 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 63.80 75 79 65
65 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 63.72 72 44 50
66 New Haven-Milford, CT 63.58 82 73 94
67 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 63.36 30 57 67
68 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 63.34 52 80 53
69 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 62.63 90 74 85
70 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 62.35 58 37 77
71 Austin-Round Rock, TX 62.29 37 90 49
72 St. Louis, MO-IL 61.82 69 40 76
73 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 61.77 92 76 72
74 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 61.24 41 41 82
75 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 61.24 78 52 70
76 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 61.22 83 77 55
77 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 60.77 73 70 69
78 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 60.63 66 50 80
79 Tucson, AZ 60.24 67 67 78
80 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 60.24 55 66 73
81 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 60.06 48 48 86
82 Pittsburgh, PA 59.79 56 61 93
83 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 59.72 89 95 99
84 Salt Lake City, UT 58.85 97 82 91
85 Provo-Orem, UT 58.47 98 98 41
86 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 57.66 65 84 92
87 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 57.53 85 51 97
88 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 57.28 81 81 87
89 Reno, NV 57.18 87 83 83
90 Boise, ID 56.46 74 85 96
91 Sacramento—Roseville—Arden-Arcade, CA 56.44 64 88 98
92 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 55.76 96 100 48
93 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 55.72 93 97 71
94 Honolulu, HI 55.45 94 91 81
95 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 54.75 95 87 90
96 Colorado Springs, CO 54.00 99 93 68
97 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 53.53 100 99 58
98 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 53.46 86 96 88
99 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 52.04 88 86 100
100 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 51.93 91 94 95
My city isn’t on the list! We’re not really a city, though. We have a population of around 6,000, so we’re actually a town.
Owasso and Muskogee, Oklahoma....
Given the rankings there would appear to be a bias against the southern states built into the criteria.
SO, the PLACE is responsible for the obesity? Yeah, got it.
14 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 75.80 6 47 3
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Hey. We’re not known as “Fat Antonio” for nothing you know.
We have the best Tex-Mex in the world. And we know it. And we EAT it.
What?!!
Corpus Christi isn’t on the list?
Or did I miss it?
They missed Mays Landing in New Jersey.
I never seen that many Pinnepeds laying around the beach.
Completely shameless and disgusting.
Made me skip lunch....
Yep. And the most Hispanic (illegal) areas (San Antonio, Texas valley, etc.)
They should break this list down by political party affiliation. Something tells me the list would go away.
Interesting that the top 20 are below the Mason-Dixon line. Eating Southern
Fried Chicken has gotta be stopped!
We’re not fat; we’re famine prepared. If the world’s food supply ever does get drastically reduced, America will survive while others fall by the wayside. USA! USA! USA!
The last few cities on the list are mostly leftist havens where you have to hustle (burn fat) to make a decent living to afford to live there.
All I can say here in Memphis is pass the Barbeque
I can’t believe Toledo’s fatter than Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton! Wow! Or should I say oink? Har!
I did sit in a sports bar and watched many obese diners enter a restaurant/bar across Main St. At least I was in the breastaurant!
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