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According to the latest fitness rankings, Houston is #6 in the Top 25 Fattest Cities list."
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Originally Posted by mpope409
Didn't I just say on page one that Men's Fitness doesn't use substantial criteria? In other words, their "Fattest Cities" are indeed not the true fattest cities in America. None of their study includes measuring the average weight of people in the city.
O.k. mpope, here's from another source, Forbes.com:
"Houstonians have long been at the center of a debate over obesity and unhealthy habits. The area's childhood obesity rates had reached such epidemic levels by 2004 that the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston began offering bariatric--or stomach stapling--surgeries for obese teens between 13 and 18. The fact that 59% of residents are obese or overweight may have to do with a lack of physical activity; 31% skip regular exercise, and weekly TV watching equals about 31 hours." In Pictures: Most Sedentary Cities - Forbes.com
According to the latest fitness rankings, Houston is #6 in the Top 25 Fattest Cities list."
O.k. mpope, here's from another source, Forbes.com:
"Houstonians have long been at the center of a debate over obesity and unhealthy habits. The area's childhood obesity rates had reached such epidemic levels by 2004 that the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston began offering bariatric--or stomach stapling--surgeries for obese teens between 13 and 18. The fact that 59% of residents are obese or overweight may have to do with a lack of physical activity; 31% skip regular exercise, and weekly TV watching equals about 31 hours." In Pictures: Most Sedentary Cities - Forbes.com
I'm sure some of the findings are accuarate, but it is also a lot of media hype. Some cities might have higher cases of diabetes, which in many cases is hereditary. Nonetheless, a higher percentage of these kinda disesaes is somewhat of an indicator of a cities overall health. However, I don't think the formula used is 100 percent accurate on determining a cities overall health. One publication ranks Louisville as the 5th fattest. Another publication ranks it as one of the fittest. These publications are mostly for entertainent and to sell magazines.
The article describes San Antonio as a city where people eat a lot of Tex Mex and are mostly hispanic. The city is half hispanic, true, but it is a generalization, that we eat Tex-Mex most of the time. I don't eat Tex-Mex all the time. The last time I ate tex mex food was several weeks ago. It wasn't really all that high calorie either. No more than any other type of food. When they wrote up this artice, they had to write something that sounds convincing. Throw in the Tex-Mex food, about San Antonio, people will believe the articles.
I searched the web for San Antonio crowd and San Antonio people. These are the first pics I found. I really don't see all that heavy set San Antonio people running around. These type of articles help generalize a city as fat. I just dont see it.
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photo by ben aqua
photo City of San Antonio
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Last edited by SweethomeSanAntonio; 01-05-2008 at 11:39 AM..
O.k. mpope, here's from another source, Forbes.com:
"Houstonians have long been at the center of a debate over obesity and unhealthy habits. The area's childhood obesity rates had reached such epidemic levels by 2004 that the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston began offering bariatric--or stomach stapling--surgeries for obese teens between 13 and 18. The fact that 59% of residents are obese or overweight may have to do with a lack of physical activity; 31% skip regular exercise, and weekly TV watching equals about 31 hours." In Pictures: Most Sedentary Cities - Forbes.com
As of 2007, the City of Houston had an average BMI of 27 which is the national average. The year before that, Houston's average BMI was 24.8
Mind you, Money magazine got this info directly from Harris County. It's in the footnotes. So Forbes and Men's Fitness can stick their misleading "statistics" up their you-know-what.
I live in Houston, and I would be able to tell if 59% of the city was obese or overweight. I'm telling you that's not the truth.
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