New Orleans should change its nickname to the Big Greasy, with a whopping 38 percent of its adult population clinically huge. Other burpin' burgs include Norfolk, San Antonio, Kansas City, Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Houston. At the tapered end of the tallow are Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Tampa. Obviously, we've got a problem here.
Obesity afflicts about a third of U.S. adults.
Every year, about 300,000 of us kick from stuff like hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and stroke. And like smoking-related deaths, most of this carnage is preventable. Evidently, knowing the relative poundage of your hometown might actually mean something. Don't get your heart rate up just yet. The report's data come from about 20,000 people who self-reported their height and weight.