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Posted on Jan 17, 2004, 3 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Detroit has been named America's Fattest City, after knocking the titleholder Houston down to second place. The list of America's fattest 25 cities is produced each year by men's magazine Men's Fitness. When compiling the list the magazine examines how the 50 largest cities in the US perform in 14 categories, including air quality, climate, commute time, total number of fast-food and pizza restaurants, and number of health clubs and sports stores.
Detroit has been named America's Fattest City, after knocking the titleholder Houston down to second place. The list of America's fattest 25 cities is produced each year by men's magazine Men's Fitness. When compiling the list the magazine examines how the 50 largest cities in the US perform in 14 categories, including air quality, climate, commute time, total number of fast-food and pizza restaurants, and number of health clubs and sports stores. The list is now in it's sixth year and Houston, Texas, has been the not-so-proud holder of the title for the last three of those years. Despite Houston's decline to number two, three other Texan cities have shot up the list, so much so that four of the top ten fattest cities in America are in Texas. Dallas rose from ninth last year to third; San Antonio ballooned from 13th to fourth; and Fort Worth went up by a sizeable ten places from 16th to sixth.
SOURCE/REFERENCE: Reported by www.ap.org on the 2nd January 2004.
