Fattest cities

America’s “fattest cities,” which is to appear in the February issue of Men’s Fitness magazine. To determine the fattest cities, the magazine looked at the 50 largest cities in 14 categories, such as air quality, climate, commute time, total number of fast-food and pizza restaurants, and number of health clubs and sporting goods stores. The number following the city name is last year’s ranking for fattest cities:

  1. Detroit (last year ranked 3rd)
  2. Houston (1)
  3. Dallas (9)
  4. San Antonio (13)
  5. Chicago (2)
  6. Fort Worth, Texas (16)
  7. Philadelphia (4)
  8. Arlington, Texas (not listed last year)
  9. Cleveland (6)
  10. Columbus, Ohio (8)
  11. Atlanta (7)
  12. Mesa, Ariz. (19)
  13. Oklahoma City (23)
  14. Kansas City (22)
  15. Miami (24)
  16. Las Vegas (18)
  17. Indianapolis (12)
  18. Phoenix (14)
  19. Tulsa, Okla. (not listed last year)
  20. Memphis, Tenn. (not listed last year)
  21. New York (15)
  22. New Orleans (11)
  23. Baltimore (20)
  24. El Paso, Texas (17)
  25. Washington (25)

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — 6-4, 300 pounds — said he plans to run a marathon in the coming year and “will lead by example” when it comes to getting Detroit in shape.