| March is National Nutrition Month and over 40% of United States / U.S. adults are obese. The personal-finance website WalletHub has released its latest report on 2023’s Most Overweight and Obese Cities in the U.S. to help people understand the obesity crisis in the USA. |
About the Obesity Crisis in the USA
To call attention to the communities where weight-related problems are most prevalent, WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 key metrics. Our data set provides on th following topics:
- The share of physically inactive adults
- Projected obesity rates by 2030
- Healthy food access
Most Overweight and Obese Cities in the USA
- McAllen, Texas metro area has the highest share of obese adults, 44.90 percent, which is 2.4 times higher than in Asheville, North Carolina, the metro area with the lowest at 18.50 percent. Additionally the McAllen, Texas metro area has the highest share of physically inactive adults, 36.90 percent, which is 2.4 times higher than in Provo, Utah, the metro area with the lowest at 15.20 percent.
- Mobile, Alabama metro area has the highest share of diabetic adults, 14.80 percent, which is 2.3 times higher than in Denver, Colorado and Bridgeport, Connecticut, the metro areas with the lowest at 6.50 percent.
About Adults with High Blood Pressure in America
The Shreveport, Louisiana, metro area has the highest share of adults with high blood pressure, 40.50 percent, which is 1.8 times higher than in San Jose, California, the metro area with the lowest at 22.80 percent.
Read the full report and your city’s rank by visiting: https://wallethub.com/edu/fattest-cities-in-america/10532
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With the huge availability of fast-food and unhealthy grocery items that have negatively altered our diets, the obese crisis findings are not surprising. Unfortunately, the extra pounds have inflated the costs of obesity-related medical treatment to approximately $190.2 billion a year and annual productivity losses due to work absenteeism to around $4.3 billion.
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