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Over 40% of American adults are considered overweight, according to data from the CDC.
In a study released this week, WalletHub found the most obese cities across the country. Here's how they did it:
WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 key indicators of weight-related problems. Our data set ranges from the share of physically inactive adults to projected obesity rates by 2030 to healthy-food access.
The three key dimensions are obesity and overweight, health consequences and food and fitness.
"The huge availability of fast-food and increasingly cheaper grocery items that have negatively altered our diets. Unfortunately, the extra pounds have inflated the costs of obesity-related medical treatment to approximately $190.2 billion a year and annual productivity losses due to work absenteeism to around $4.3 billion," WalletHub said in its study.
Here's a look at the 15 most overweight cities in the United States:
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
- Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Mobile, Alabama
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
- Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
- Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia-South Carolina
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Chattanooga, Tennessee-Georgia
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-North Carolina
- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania
- Huntsville, Alabama
To see WalletHub's full study, click here.