Magazine votes Houston America’s fattest city
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Men’s Fitness is back with their big fat fat list and we’re No. 1 again.
Magazine subscriber Michael Quintanilla over at mysa.com got his issue ahead of us nonsubscribers and notes that San Antonio is No. 25, but they’re on the “fittest” list. The other tubby cities on Men’s Fitness 2012 list are El Paso and Dallas.
I’m not sure what information they’re basing their findings on, but Quintanilla writes:
Here are the fittest cities, in order: Portland, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Oakland, Boston, Seattle, Denver, San Diego, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Tucson, Austin, Colorado Springs, San Jose, Omaha, Washington, Milwaukee, Virginia Beach, Sacramento, Jacksonville, New York, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Nashville, San Antonio.
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/02/magazine-votes-houston-americas-fattest-city/
(Fotolia.com)Men’s Fitness is back with their big fat fat list and we’re No. 1 again.
Magazine subscriber Michael Quintanilla over at mysa.com got his issue ahead of us nonsubscribers and notes that San Antonio is No. 25, but they’re on the “fittest” list. The other tubby cities on Men’s Fitness 2012 list are El Paso and Dallas.
I’m not sure what information they’re basing their findings on, but Quintanilla writes:
The magazine reports that 33.8% of American adults are now obese. “It’s been three years since we last rounded up America’s fittest and fattest cities, and obesity rates have worsened in that time span at an alarming rate,” writes the article’s author Nate Millado.
Of Houston’s standing, comes this: “According to the CDC, a whopping 34% of H-Town residents are overweight. In previous surveys we’d claimed Houston was on the upswing in the weight-loss department, but there’s evidently been a bit of a regression since we last checked in.”
The magazine blames Houston’s weight gain on the city’s scorching heat and the average commute of almost 28 minutes in a car to get from one place to another, keeping Houstonians seated and sedentary.
Houston also is cited as the city with the most fast-food joints: 1,034 that may be to blame for the city’s, well, expansion.
Here are the fattest cities, in order: Houston, Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis, Tampa, Las Vegas, El Paso, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Louisville, Tulsa, Miami, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Arlington, Columbus, Charlotte, Phoenix, New Orleans, Atlanta, Raleigh, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas.Of Houston’s standing, comes this: “According to the CDC, a whopping 34% of H-Town residents are overweight. In previous surveys we’d claimed Houston was on the upswing in the weight-loss department, but there’s evidently been a bit of a regression since we last checked in.”
The magazine blames Houston’s weight gain on the city’s scorching heat and the average commute of almost 28 minutes in a car to get from one place to another, keeping Houstonians seated and sedentary.
Houston also is cited as the city with the most fast-food joints: 1,034 that may be to blame for the city’s, well, expansion.
Here are the fittest cities, in order: Portland, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Oakland, Boston, Seattle, Denver, San Diego, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Tucson, Austin, Colorado Springs, San Jose, Omaha, Washington, Milwaukee, Virginia Beach, Sacramento, Jacksonville, New York, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Nashville, San Antonio.
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/02/magazine-votes-houston-americas-fattest-city/
