Fat city - Cities where you're apt to gain weight - Brief Article

Better Nutrition, Nov, 2003

According to a study that ranks the cities that will make you fat and those that will make you fit, Honolulu, Seattle and San Francisco are blessed with good health. Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and St. Louis, on the other hand, are bummers. In general, the West is the place to be for a lower weight, while the South and Southwest do a good job of fattening you up.

Weight is largely a function of exercise and diet, although some cities have special cultural aspects that could put pounds on or take them off.