The Shape of things to come… or the way they are?

Men’s Fitness recently discovered this interesting information. Following is a list for 2003 of America’s fattest cities or, the cities with the highest percentages of obese inhabitants. I can’t believe that there were’nt more cities from Indiana on this list. It is scary to me to think of the obesity rate in America. In August, 55% of Americans were overweight and 29% were obese. Indiana is over 20% obese. Yikes!

1. Detroit (last year ranked 3rd)
2. Houston (1)
3. Dallas (9)
4. San Antonio (13)
5. Chicago (2)
6. Fort Worth, Texas (16)
7. Philadelphia (4)
8. Arlington, Va. (unranked)
9. Cleveland (6)
10. Columbus, Ohio (8)
11. Atlanta (7)
12. Mesa, Ariz. (19)
13. Oklahoma City (23)
14. Kansas City (22)
15. Miami (24)
16. Las Vegas (18)
17. Indianapolis (12)
18. Phoenix (14)
19. Tulsa, Okla. (unranked)
20. Memphis, Tenn. (unranked)
21. New York (15)
22. New Orleans (11)
23. Baltimore (20)
24. El Paso, Texas (17)
25. Washington (25)

A recent article in the Economist (https://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2282754) also deals with this issue… They go so far as to say this “That leaves the question of what should happen in a state-financed health system. Why not tax fattening food�sweets, snacks and take-aways? That might discourage consumption of unhealthy food and recoup some of the costs of obesity.”