The Top Ten Fattest & Fittest Cities In America

You can find many a list listing Top 10, 25 or 100 cities, states or countries as to who is the Fattest. Or Fittest.

Men's Health magazine is a publication that seems to particularly enjoy ranking places for various things by various criteria.

I think the latest Men's Health Top 25 rankings for Fattest & Fittest Cities took place in 2009.

According to Men's Health, in 2009, Miami was the Fattest City in America.

With Salt Lake City being the Fittest City in America.

Texas has the honor of placing the most cities in the Top 25 Fattest, with 3 Texas cities in the Top Ten. My current place of residence, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, was 14th Fattest.

Only 1 Texas city is on the list of 25 Fittest Cities, that would be Austin at 17th Fittest.

The Top 10 Fattest American Cities

1. Miami, Florida
2. Oklahoma  City, Oklahoma
3. San Antonio, Texas
4. Las Vegas, Nevada
5. New York City, New York
6. Houston, Texas
7. El Paso, Texas
8. Jacksonville, Florida
9. Charlotte, North Carolina
10. Louisville-Jefferson, Kentucky

I would have bet on Oklahoma City being the Fattest City in America. Not due to having seen the locals with my own eyes, but due to the fact that Oklahoma is, I think, the only state with an Official State Meal consisting of fried okra, squash, cornbread, barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie, and black-eyed peas.

The Top Ten Fittest American Cities

1. Salt Lake City, Utah
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Minneapolis, Minnesota
4. Denver, Colorado
5. Albuquerque,New Mexico
6. Portland, Oregon
7. Honolulu, Hawaii.
8. Seattle, Washington
9. Omaha, Nebraska
10. Virginia Beach, Virginia

When you drive north, from Texas, heading to the Pacific Northwest, it is in Colorado you begin to notice that it looks like the people have had the air let out of them, as you start seeing way fewer balloon people than you see in Texas. So, no surprise that Denver is the 4th Fittest City.