- 9th Annual Report on Newsstands February 8th, 2007 -
          Las Vegas Battles the Bulge as the Nation's Fattest City
                       Albuquerque Named Fittest City

    NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The results are in and all bets are
off - - Sin City weighs in as the metropolis with the most pounds. Las
Vegas has been named the fattest city in the U.S. in Men's Fitness' "9th
Annual Fattest and Fittest Cities in America Report." San Antonio comes in
at #2, up ten spots from 2006, while Miami put on a few pounds to move to
#3, followed by Mesa, AZ, and Los Angeles. On the other side of the scale,
Albuquerque ranks as the fittest city in America, followed by Seattle,
Colorado Springs, Minneapolis, and Tucson.
    To compile the report, Men's Fitness spent months pouring over data
that make real people fit or fat, including how much residents are
excising, how healthfully they eat, how much they use gym memberships, how
much junk food they consume, and how much time they spend sitting in
traffic. Men's Fitness also talks to mayors and city parks departments to
learn about local exercise venues, programs designed to get citizens off
their couches and moving, and civic leadership.
    Las Vegas residents can thank the high number of fast-food restaurants
-- more than any other city on the survey (except Cleveland), and extremely
inactive residents. Seven out of ten residents of Las Vegas are so
sedentary that doctors say they're putting their health at risk.
    The complete list of the "Fattest and Fittest Cities in America"
appears in the March issue of Men's Fitness, on-sale nationwide today.
    The Top 10 Fattest Cities in 2007

    2007 RANKING         LAST YEAR
    1. Las Vegas               2
    2. San Antonio            12
    3. Miami                  14
    4. Mesa, AZ               10
    5. Los Angeles             3
    6. Houston                 5
    7. Dallas                  4
    8. El Paso                 8
    9. Detroit                15
    10. San Jose              24

    The Top 10 Fittest Cities in 2007

    2007 RANKING         LAST YEAR
    1. Albuquerque            13
    2. Seattle                 8
    3. Colorado Springs        6
    4. Minneapolis            21
    5. Tucson                  4
    6. Denver                 20
    7. San Francisco           7
    8. Baltimore               1
    9. Portland               17
    10. Honolulu               2

    The Junk Food Capital:  Cleveland

    The Most Athletic City:  Milwaukee

    The City That Watches the Most TV:  Memphis

    The City With the Best Eating Habits:  Oakland, CA

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