I'd like to think that me and Red stepping up our workouts had something to do with this but it looks like Houston is no longer the fattest city in America. That title belongs to non other than Chicago.
Even with your bulking this year, huh Gabe? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Daaammn, Nashville is 12th in the fittest city. Where's that fried chicken and gravy at? And don't forget my longneck. Realistically, I wonder if Nashville being a major hub of for-profit healthcare has any influence?
Chicago??? Does that mean Kaiser is helping get you guys off the hotseat?
I saw a program last night about a guy who, when he checked into a medical facility, weighed 760 lbs. He still asked for his "snacks." He'd been bed ridden for years (7?) and had been taken care of (turned, washed?, etc) by his wife and sister. he couldn't turn himself over in bed and had lots of bed sores which started an infection that spread to his bloodstream. He died... at the age of 39! That's a mental problem with physical consequences.
did you all see how they are "measuring" these cities? I liked the part where it said - "the amount of public park space, access to health care, air quality, the relatively small number of fast-food restaurants" then they interview the guys at Lexington Market where "The popular downtown lunch spot has dozens of kiosks selling fried chicken and cheap Chinese food."
The Men's Fitness version tells a little about how they came up with this, but I'd really like more details. Just to satisfy my curiousity of course.
Not sure how Men's Fitness put Baltimore as #1. If you look at the report card, Baltimore got a couple of F's and D's, including an F for "Exercise/Sports Participation"
Looks like the other cities did better. I think one of them has is dating the mayor.
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Chicago is a pretty fat city, no doubt. I think we only lost to New Orleans because... well, there ain't no more New Orleans.
It's funny that Baltimore was listed as MF's #1 fittest city, yet it was almost the fattest (#93/100) on MH's similar rankings. Just goes to show why the editors of both MH and MF never made it out of any kind of quantitative math class and took up journalism instead (sorry to Lou, Adam, or anyone else here who every held an editorial title at either of those mags).
PS: There is no doubt, OG, that NYC would be fitter, what with having to sidestep the rats, dodge the muggers and traffic, and run away from all of the crack whores. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
And BALTIMORE is the fittest! Great going, hometown!
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