85,000 people have diabetes
The percentage of the population living with diabetes accounts for 15.6% which is 2.6 times higher than Denver, the lowest percentage (6%).
You can’t walk anywhere…
According to Fleet Feet El Paso is also the most inactive city – resulting from the fact that walking anywhere is impossible!
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This lack of space to walk and exercise has been seen as a factor in the obesity problem.
They’ve even started a program intended to reduce childhood obesity!
41. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, the largest city in West Michigan, had a shocking obesity rating of 34.8%.
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Over 60% of adults in Kent County were overweight or obese – an astronomical amount!
40. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin city has not done too well on our list either, after a scathing report by Chris Spahr:
‘As of 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services estimated that 37.2% of the city of Milwaukee’s residents were obese, compared to 32.7% in Milwaukee County, 29.3% in Wisconsin and 27.7% nationally.’
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