Fattest US Cities: Did Your Hometown Make New Ranking?

Seattle, take a bow. Jackson, hit the gym. A new study ranking the nation’s 100 fattest cities has found residents of the Mississippi city topped the scales nationally, while Jimi Hendrix’s hometown has the smallest proportion of overweight residents.

The analysis, by Wallethub.com, found that 70 percent of Americans aged 15 and older are overweight or obese — in line with statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But some cities are more likely to have more residents who hit those thresholds than others.

On balance, the south tended to rank higher in the new study, which has historically been the case, while residents of colder, northern states and the Pacific Northwest fared better.

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