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America's fattest cities
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America is just that fat.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Hey, it's not our fault that down south we have better food
Excuses, excuses...
San Diego at 13th least fat despite carne asada fries.
Strangelove77
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Dallas up in this bitch.
TheExecutive
Member
Plenty of fatties in Denver. Seeing us in the bottom 5 is concerning for the rest of the country.
Seattle itself isn't hard to believe; nor Bellevue. Both very health conscious cities, and Bellevue in particular is full of image conscious people.
Not to mention one of the highest concentration of Asian immigrants in the country (second to san jose I believe), and historically Asians have a low obesity rate.
It is amazing that places like Everett and some of the surrounding towns in Tacoma area don't bring it down; but that's America for you.. every major urban area the health of the citizens declines as you go farther from population centers.
rokkerkory
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San Jose baby! 98th out of 100
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
I'be been to Mccallen Texas. Between the fact that its a completely drive culture so you don't walk anywhere but inside...... Even the local grocery store/bodega is drive through
I bought a Torta for 8 bucks that was larger than the size of my head and the burger spot gravy comes with every order...... And yeah I saw a lot of big people while I was there, hooked up with a few too......
I bought a Torta for 8 bucks that was larger than the size of my head and the burger spot gravy comes with every order...... And yeah I saw a lot of big people while I was there, hooked up with a few too......
tiggerkiddo
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Denver benefits from slowly becoming a bit more bike friendly, having good weather and that whole being close to the mountains thing we got going on.
CaptainofIndustry
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Fucking Louisiana, we are bad at everything.
Except cooking and having fun.
hydrophilic attack
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ironic name when you're near the top of this list
I guess I don't see that many morbidly obese people, but lots of slightly rotund, doughy tech workers.
pantsattack
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Boise is increasingly a destination for outdoor lovers. All kinds of cycling, water, and mountains are easily available. Them being trim makes sense knowing this.
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thepotatoman
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We are talking about the least fat cities being around 20% obesity rate. That's higher than any city in 1990.
It's insane we've done so little to fight these trends, outside of occasionally trying to nag and insult people into dieting and exercising.
It's insane we've done so little to fight these trends, outside of occasionally trying to nag and insult people into dieting and exercising.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
It's the people's fault, you see.
Eye for an Eye
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They have obesity issues, but they usually outlive Americans with the same health problems.
It's not surprising to see California so low on the list. Central Valley has an abundant access to fresh produce that's unlike many other places in the US.
entremet
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Food is entertainment basically.
If you look at the trends the fall of home cooked meals and rise of fast food and fast casual consumption are the biggest variable factors right now.
There were cars and suburbs back then, but people weren't as fat. So the walkable factor isn't that big I believe.
We're just eating way more calories and those calories are very tasty and addicting. This has been studied by Stephan Guyenet. It's the food reward hypothesis.
NaughtyCalibur
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So... like all of Ohio. Goddamn
bennywhatever
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Sweet, my town (Evansville, IN) was #1 on that list in 2011. Now we're not even on it.
Granted we're TV market #104, so they may have included us then but not now. Oh well, I'll call it a win.
Granted we're TV market #104, so they may have included us then but not now. Oh well, I'll call it a win.
Lived in MN from about age 6 to 18.. moved to Texas and then Arkansas to follow family.. it blew my mind at just the general health of people. I moved back shortly and have been here ever since.
Its all the more amazing when you consider how cold it is here and how things like running have to be done at clubs. Naturally you would think people here would put on weight during the winter months but thats not generally the case here.
WickedCobra03
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Soooo, you are telling me that the part of the country that is the fattest is the same part that doesn't think healthcare is important for everyone?
Got it!
Got it!
Dark Stalkers
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I can't say I'm surprised to see my city in the top 30.
Unless you are working out like a professional athlete, diet is always the key factor in your weight, but more exercise would substantially help with the health complications that being overweight causes.
gimmmick
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Those taco el gordo runs at 3 am after a night of drinking really gets to you.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
#worthit
Boogie9IGN
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San Jose reporting in. I thought there were hella fatties here but if we're that low, I'm scared for the top cities
AntraxSuicide
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Also the most religious. A lot of my family is overweight, but no one really cares since we all die anyway. I'm actually in decent shape, but I still have that lack of concern about dying (and if I've got to choose between Southern biscuits or living longer, shove a biscuit in my mouth).
entremet
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What about the whole body as temple thing lol?
BLOODED_hands
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I'm honestly always surprised whenever I go to our State Fair. Little to no "big" folks. A beer/liquor belly for some folks but no overtly "big" folks, lol. I am sorry if that offended some of y'all, I didn't mean to
It's our outdoorsy nature, fam. We always encourage being fit and exploring the ourdoors!
Puck Beaverton
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tfw your overweight but compared to everyone else you look skinny and in shape
thank you texas
thank you texas
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
But we're doing less of that than in 1990.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Big temples have more room for god's love.
First post nails it.
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Misread title as America's fattest titties.
The Greek Freak
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I'm surprised Providence-Warwick isn't higher.
I'd say a good 50% of the people I see look like they would cry if they had to tackle 2 flights of stairs back to back.
Sad as fuck.
I'd say a good 50% of the people I see look like they would cry if they had to tackle 2 flights of stairs back to back.
Sad as fuck.
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