Corpus Christi Is FAT

A survey by Mens Health magazine ranks Corpus Christi, TX as "America's Fattest City." This article is embarassing for our city:

Go to Google Maps, type in "United States," and you'll be reminded of just how big Texas is. But what you can't see is the size of the state's citizenry: Five Lone Star cities are among the nation's fattest, with Corpulent Christi at the top.

To arrive at our rankings, we calculated the percentage of people who are overweight, the percentage with type 2 diabetes, the percentage who haven't left the couch in a month (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); the money spent on junk food (Bureau of Labor Statistics); and finally, the number of people who ate fast food nine or more times in a month (Mediamark Research).

I know, I could stand to drop a couple dozen pounds myself.

To see all results of the survey, click on the blog post title or copy and paste this: http://www.menshealth.com/fattestcities2010/?cm_mmc=MagURL-_-May2010-_-metrogrades-_-FattestCities2010