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> Fariscal > wrote in message
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>> Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20
>> U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America.
>
> This "fattest cities list" is questionable at best. If you think that
> number of ice cream and pizza places, weather, and number of sporting
> goods stores are good ways to measure if a city is "fat" or not, then
> sure. This "study" by Men's Fitness Magazine -- basically the men's
> version of Cosmo -- is little more than junk science.
>
> On the other hand, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) did a more
> scientific study where BMIs from a sample size of the population were
> considered. The top cities are a little different.
>
> http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/cities.shtml
> Cities with the Highest Rate of Obesity among Adults:
> 1. San Antonio, TX
> 2. Gary, IN
> 3. Jackson, MS
> 4. Fort Wayne, IN
> 5. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

No doubt, Mexicans are indeed fat!
And guess which one is the fittest city? Austin of course!

HOOK 'EM




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"Texas Longhorns" > wrote in message >...
> "jjp" > wrote in message
> m...
> > Fariscal > wrote in message
> > >...
> >>
> >>
> >> Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20
> >> U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America.
> >
> > This "fattest cities list" is questionable at best. If you think that
> > number of ice cream and pizza places, weather, and number of sporting
> > goods stores are good ways to measure if a city is "fat" or not, then
> > sure. This "study" by Men's Fitness Magazine -- basically the men's
> > version of Cosmo -- is little more than junk science.
> >
> > On the other hand, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) did a more
> > scientific study where BMIs from a sample size of the population were
> > considered. The top cities are a little different.
> >
> > http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/cities.shtml
> > Cities with the Highest Rate of Obesity among Adults:
> > 1. San Antonio, TX
> > 2. Gary, IN
> > 3. Jackson, MS
> > 4. Fort Wayne, IN
> > 5. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
>
> No doubt, Mexicans are indeed fat!
> And guess which one is the fittest city? Austin of course!

Yeah, probably according to that same crappy Men's Fitness "study".
According to the CDC source, it's Denver.

I saw another source that said Sugar Land was the fittest TX city.