It's not cuz I'm lazy or medical condition that I'm fat, it's cuz I live in.....

[Velgadess]

http://www.menshealth.com/fattestcities2010/

From the Men's Health article:Go to Google Maps, type in "United States," and you'll be reminded of just how big Texas is. But what you can't see is the size of the state's citizenry: Five Lone Star cities are among the nation's fattest, with Corpulent Christi at the top.

To arrive at our rankings, we calculated the percentage of people who are overweight, the percentage with type 2 diabetes, the percentage who haven't left the couch in a month (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); the money spent on junk food (Bureau of Labor Statistics); and finally, the number of people who ate fast food nine or more times in a month (Mediamark Research).


Spoilered list since 100 cities is pretty long.
WOOT! GOGO Seattle! (97th on list)

Spoiler: show

RANK and GRADE

F

1) Corpus Christi, TX
2) Charleston, WV
3) El Paso, TX
4) Dallas, TX
5) Memphis, TN
6) Kansas City, MO
7) San Antonio, TX
8) Baltimore, MD

D-

9) Houston, TX
10) Birmingham, AL
11) Durham, NC
12)Jacksonville, FL
13) Lubbock, TX

D

14) Buffalo, NY
15) Philadelphia, PA
16) Riverside, CA
17) Oklahoma City, OK
18) New Orleans, LA
19) Jersey City, NJ
20) Las Vegas, NV
21) Wichita, KS

D+

22) Chicago, IL
23) Fort Wayne, IN
24) Indianapolis, IN
25) Lexington, KY
26) Billings, MT
27) Detroit, MI
28) Montgomery, AL
29) Toledo, OH
30) Fresno, CA
31) Tulsa, OK
32) Orlando, FL

C-

33) Fargo, ND
34) Milwaukee, WI
35) Anchorage, AK
36) Tampa, FL
37) Jackson, MS
38) Columbia, SC
39) Des Moines, IA
40) Cheyenne, WY
41) Madison, WI
42) Newark, NJ

C

43) Bakersfield, CA
44) Pittsburgh, PA
45) Richmond, VA
46) Los Angeles, CA
47) Raleigh, NC
48) Modesto, CA
49) St. Louis, MO
50) Sacramento, CA
51) Louisville, KY
52) Boston, MA

C+

53) Virginia Beach, VA
54)Arlington, TX
55) Grand Rapids, MI
56) Providence, RI
57) Nashville, TN
58) Spokane, WA
59) Sioux Falls, SD
60) Omaha, NE
61) St. Petersburg, FL
62) San Diego, CA
63) Columbus, OH
64) Tucson, AZ

B-

65) Little Rock, AR
66) Fort Worth, TX
67)Lincoln, NE
68) Phoenix, AZ
69) Miami, FL
70) Greensboro, NC
71) Manchester, NH
72) Portland, ME
73) Rochester, NY
74) Charlotte, NC
75) New York, NY

B

76) Boise, ID
77) Cleveland, OH
78) Anaheim, CA
79) Yonkers, NY
80) San Jose, CA
81) Reno, NV
82) Atlanta, GA
83) Wilmington, DE

B+

84) Hartford, CT
85) Salt Lake City, UT
86) Colorado Springs, CO
87) St. Paul, MN
88) Minneapolis, MN
89) Oakland, CA
90) Honolulu, HI

A-

91) Aurora, CO
92) Denver, CO
93) Cincinnati, OH
94) Portland, OR

A

95) Albuquerque, NM
96) Austin, TX
97) Seattle, WA

A+

98) Washington, DC
99) Burlington, VT
100) San Francisco, CA

[ZarakiKujata]

A+
100) San Francisco, CA

The smug is strong with you.

[miokomioko]

Hell yeah, I'm 90 lbs.

[richardd]

wow, miami has really improved on how it used to be lol, thats good i guess. environment around you really does help with the starting point of a healthy life :D

[LiquidFriend]

It's no shock Kansas City and Memphis is among the fattest. Live around a ton of good BBQ restaurants and it'll just happen.

[Headspace]

Cincinnati at an A-?

wat

[Khamsin]

WOOT! GOGO Seattle! (97th on list)

Go Seattle, indeed!

[Sworrub]

Yay, Charlotte's #74.

[Delirium]

NYC 75, nice. Thought it would be much higher considering the amazing food everywhere

[kuronosan]

People in NYC walk all the time or take the metro. That shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

I'm not surprised at the rest of the list though. I think if anything, the level of my surprise is inversely proportional to the rankings.

[Mizango]

lol sup guys whats this thread about

[Chun Liroy]

Disappointed Jersey is up there 2 times. loljerseycity

[Absolutely Virtue]

I love that DC is #98 and Baltimore is #8, and they're 20 miles apart, lol.

[Omnipotent]

Not 1 CT state on there...

[tyven]

apparently i am the only fat person in DC

[Korietsu]

Fuck yeah austin.

[Lbelle]

Kinda surprised Las Vegas is 20th. Isn't it just skinny strippers that live there?

[Absolutely Virtue]

apparently i am the only fat person in DC

vanilla suburbs /= chocolate city

[Mizango]

I've been telling yall Texans were fucking fat, I didn't need a case study to confirm that. What a waste of money! >;(

[ZarakiKujata]

Not 1 CT state on there...

Hartford is up there with a halfway decent score

People in NYC walk all the time or take the metro. That shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

I'm not surprised at the rest of the list though. I think if anything, the level of my surprise is inversely proportional to the rankings.

Yeah, there have been studies done similar to this one that show a significant correlation between how good public transportation is/how reliant you are on needing a car in a city and how fat the average person there is.