100 Most Obese Cities in America, Three are From Connecticut

Obesity is an American epidemic.

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Things are so bad that 42% of adults in the U.S. are classified as obese according to a recent study.

Connecticut usually rates pretty well in health metrics but we're not immune to the battle of the bulge, with three Connecticut cities marked as obesity hot spots. Wallet Hub recently released the results of their study: 100 Most Obese U.S. Cities and Nutmeggers are on the radar.

Here are the 3 Connecticut Cities and their obesity ranking

#56 - Hartford, Connecticut

#68 - New Haven, CT

#80 - Bridgeport, CT

The nation's most obese city was McAllen, Texas, Jackson Mississippi was #2 and Shreveport, Louisiana was #3.

How did our neighbors rate?

Springfield, MA was #73, New York, NY was #88 and New Jersey came out clean, none of their cities were mentioned on the terrible tubby list.

Here is some key takeaways from Study Finds:

• Nearly 42 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese.
• Obesity-related medical treatments costing around $190.2 billion annually.
• Obesity related absenteeism results in approximately $4.3 billion in productivity losses each year.
• Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent in the U.S., and it’s costing us big time.

How did W.H. Come to these conclusions? They looked at a variety of key factors including:

• Percentage of Obese Adults
• Percentage of Physically Inactive Adults
• Percentage of Adults With High Cholesterol
• Percentage of Adults With Low Fruit/Veggie Consumption
• Percentage of Diabetic Adults
• Percentage of Adults With High Blood Pressure

Give it a year, Ozempic execs will be credited with curing obesity or sitting in a Federal courtroom with a lot of explaining to.

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