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25
Fattest Cities
in the United States
For
over 20 years, Doctors and diet experts have said
the Atkins Diet formula of sparing carbohydrates and
loading up on fatty foods has been a free ticket to
the hospital, usually by means of a heart attack.
But now, some of the same researchers who long scoffed
at the diet are putting it to the test, and they say
the results astonish them. Rather than making cholesterol
soar, as they feared, the diet actually appears to
improve it, and volunteers take off more weight.
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MensFitness
magazine recently wrote an article about America's infactuation
with fast food stating that "nearly 50 cents of
every dollar spent on food in America is spent in fast-food
restaurants." And of course fast-food is loaded
with lots of saturated fat and refined sugar which are major
contributors to obesity.
In the
article, MensFitness looked for patterns to see which
cities had the largest populations of overweight citizens.
The results are listed below:
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Fattest
Cities
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Fittest
Cities
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1
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Houston,
TX
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Honolulu,
HI
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2
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Chicago,
IL
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Seattle,
WA
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3
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Detroit,
MI
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San
Francisco, CA
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4
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Philadelphia,
PA
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Colorado
Springs, CO
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5
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St.
Louis, MO
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San
Diego, CA
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6
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Cleveland,
OH
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Portland,
OR
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7
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Atlanta,
GA
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Denver,
CO
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8
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Columbus,
OH
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Virgina
Beach, VA
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9
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Dallas,
TX
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Tucson,
AZ
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10
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Charlotte,
NC
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Sacramento,
CA
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11
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New
Orleans, LA
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Minneapolis,
MN
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12
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Indianapolis,
IN
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Boston,
MA
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13
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San
Antonio, TX
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Austin,
TX
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14
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Phoenix,
AZ
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Omaha,
NE
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15
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New
York, NY
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Oakland,
CA
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16
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Fort
Worth, TX
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Wichita,
KS
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17
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El
Paso, TX
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Alburquerque,
NM
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18
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Las
Vegas, NV
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Jacksonville,
FL
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19
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Mesa,
AZ
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San
Jose, CA
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20
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Baltimore,
MD
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Long
Beach, CA
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21
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Milwaukee,
WI
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Memphis,
TN
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22
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Kansas
City, MO
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Los
Angeles, CA
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23
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Oklahoma,
OK
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Nashville,
TN
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24
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Miami,
FL
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Fresno,
CA
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25
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Washington
DC
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Tulsa,
OK
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