Report determines America’s “Fattest” and “Thinnest” Cities

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of all adults in the United States. For Latinos, the situation is worse, as 42% of Latino adults are considered obese and more than 77% are considered overweight or obese.

As part of National Nutrition Month, the financial site WalletHub analyzed the 100 most populated U.S. metro areas to determine the ones with the most weight-related health problems. The “holistic” approach included overweight and obesity into its findings and examined 14 key metrics, including “percentage of physically inactive adults,” and “percentage of adults eating fewer than one serving of fruits and vegetables per day,” to determine their findings.

According to the research findings, the “fattest” metro area in America is Memphis, TN (6.54% Latino population), while the “thinnest” was Honolulu, HI (5.89% Latino). The city with the highest percentage of overweight adults was Anchorage, AK, while the lowest was the Ogden-Clearfield, UT, metro area. Memphis also was the city with the largest percentage of obese adults, while Los Angeles had the lowest percentage.

WalletHub reported that obesity-related medical expenses cost Americans over $315 billion annually. In the workplace, these issues total over $65 billion in production losses.

You can read more about the findings here.

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