According a USA Today article (via Adriana), Houston is the fattest city in the USA, followed by Chicago and Detroit. The article also talks about how obesity is becoming epidemic not only in the USA, but on the whole world altogether.
I’ve certainly noticed how waistlines are getting rounder and rounder around here — mine is. Some years ago, I read a report on this issue on a local scientific newspaper describing a bleak future of human potatoes lying on their couches, unable to lead a normal life after our modern lifestyle spoiled us.
Well, I guess it’s time to heed my wife warnings and start that exercise program she’s been nagging me about for a long time. I’m not much above the ideal weight for my height, but I’m too close to the obesity limit to be comfortable.