Memphis Ranked no 6. in US Fattest cities

[ricky_the_great]

I find these surveys amusing rather than factual.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0600537_pf.html

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The fittest and fattest cities in America in the annual survey by Men's Fitness magazine, with cities in order of ranking, and 2005 rankings in parentheses. Some were on the opposite list:

TOP 25 FITTEST CITIES:

1. Baltimore (25 fattest)

2. Honolulu (2)

3. Virginia Beach, Va. (12)

4. Tucson, Ariz. (8)

5. Milwaukee (15)

6. Colorado Springs, Colo. (3)

7. San Francisco (4)

8. Seattle (1)

9. Louisville-Jefferson, Ky. (not ranked)

10. Boston (11)

11. Sacramento, Calif. (7)

12. Nashville-Davidson, Tenn. (25)

13. Albuquerque (10)

14. Tulsa, Okla. (22 fattest)

15. Phoenix (12 fattest)

16. Atlanta (23 fattest)

17. Portland, Ore. (6)

18. Washington (23)

19. Oakland, Calif. (20)

20. Denver (5)

21. Minneapolis (13)

22. Arlington, Texas (22)

23. Austin, Texas (19)

24. Jacksonville, Fla. (18)

25. Omaha, Neb. (16)

TOP 25 FATTEST CITIES:

1. Chicago (5)

2. Las Vegas (9)

3. Los Angeles (21 fittest)

4. Dallas (6)

5. Houston (1)

6. Memphis, Tenn. (4)

7. Long Beach, Calif. (20)

8. El Paso, Texas (11)

9. Kansas City, Mo. (18)

10. Mesa, Ariz. (15)

11. Indianapolis (13)

12. San Antonio (10)

13. Fort Worth, Texas (14)

14. Miami (19)

15. Detroit (3)

16. Columbus, Ohio (16)

17. Oklahoma City (21)

18. Cleveland (24 fittest)

19. Wichita, Kan. (17)

20. Charlotte, N.C. (24)

21. San Diego (9 fittest)

22. Fresno, Calif. (14 fittest)

23. Philadelphia (2)

24. San Jose, Calif. (17 fittest)

25. New York (8)

SOURCE: Men's Fitness

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[EbonyGardens]

Someone must have a lot of time on their hands to do these surveys. Jacksonville and Miami are on the list, representing Florida well.

[it's just dave]

The poster is priceless. Thanks sleepy.

[sleepy]

The poster is priceless. Thanks sleepy.

You're welcome.

I've got it framed in my living room. Stoic and fitness conscious Minnesotans don't know what to make of it.

[EbonyGardens]

I've saved that pic as my screensaver

[crabbj]

Darn all those Dinstuhl's candies I ate as a child, and all those Libertyland pronto pups...

[TennBear]

This ranking is a joke. It rates cities on such things as how many fast food restaurants that a city has. Baltimore ranked low because it doesn't have many fast food restaurants per person in the city. They have just as many or more, they're just outside the city limits. Now if it were done on how much fried food.....