And the Fattest City Is...

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Zim Hosein

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston tops a U.S. magazine's annual fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities waddling into the top 25.
Fast food restaurants -- Houston has twice the national per capita average -- are partly to blame for the dishonor, Men's Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said.

"Americans ... work long hours, don't take vacations, and when you're faced with the worst nutritional choices, you indulge in those," he said.

High humidity, poor air quality and some of the nation's longest commute times also helped Texas' most populous city unseat Detroit, the 2004 heavyweight champion, the magazine said.

Houston Mayor Bill White, who has worked with a major grocer to promote healthy food and the city's public schools superintendent to improve lunch menus, called the survey "mostly voodoo and fraud."

"On the other hand, it calls attention to real issues the mayor is trying to address," his spokesman, Frank Michel, said.

The magazine said it looked at factors such as the number and types of restaurants, park space, air quality, weather and the number of health clubs.

Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago followed Houston on the seventh edition of the fat list. Texas cities Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso were in the top 14, which Boulton said was no surprise.

"It's pure big indulgence, just living big, and that's part of the culture," said Boulton.

Seattle ranked as the fittest city, followed by Honolulu, Hawaii, Colorado Springs, Colorado, San Francisco and Denver.

Austin and Arlington, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, were the only Texas cities on the fit list. Austin was 19th and Arlington 22nd out of 25.

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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And the Fattest City Is... :)
 
Evadman

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Well Duh! it is their motto. Everything's bigger in Texas.
 
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Orsorum

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I'm healthy but fat. Need to lose about 30 lbs, my goal for graduation. Go Seattle!
 
hdeck

hdeck

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the amount of hot women in texas far outnumbers the amount of overweight women and that is all that matters.
 
Baked

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Healthy but fat... if you can't run a mile under 5 mins, you have health issues...
 
Evadman

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Originally posted by: Baked
Healthy but fat... if you can't run a mile under 5 mins, you have health issues...
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<5 minutes? Are you fricking crazy? If you can run a 4:?? mile you must be so buff you could grate cheese on your abs. Last time I ran a mile, I was in the 7's, and damn happy with it.
 
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This was on our local news this week. Nashville was like #7 or something. But I think we are #1 for prescription drug use. Woohoo!
I hear there are tons of good places to eat in Houston. Restaurant capital of the world?
 
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Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: Baked
Healthy but fat... if you can't run a mile under 5 mins, you have health issues...
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<5 minutes? Are you fricking crazy? If you can run a 4:?? mile you must be so buff you could grate cheese on your abs. Last time I ran a mile, I was in the 7's, and damn happy with it.
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If you were that buff you wouldn't be able to run it in 4:xx. Maybe 7-8. It's thin and light if you want to run fast/distance.
 
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Staples

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I guess all of Texas is fat. I am not there yet but I might be one of the numbers if I do not watch it.
 
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