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(Fox News March 2012) "The bottom line, according to Gallup officials, is a grim one: "Even in metro areas that consistently post among the lowest obesity rates in the nation, such as Boulder and Fort Collins-Loveland, at least one in eight residents are still obese," they write on their website. "The health and economic burden of the chronic conditions resulting from obesity is very real and very significant."
(San Antonio ranks 39th in the most obese cities in America, a significant improvement over the 2010 statistics. The top 10 list includes the Beaumont-Port Arthur area and the dubious honor of most obese city/metro area in America — the Rio Grande Valley.)
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The List: The Most Obese Cities
New Gallup-Healthways poll
(March 2012)

"... The number of obese in the fattest metro area, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, soared to 38.8 percent." San Antonio got 29.1 percent.
Fox News – Skinniest and fattest cities
(March 2012)

Fox News - Diabetes & Obesity in America
(October 2011)

CNN - Lap-Band for lower BMI safe, FDA panel says
(December 2010)

NY Times - Panel votes to expand surgery for less obese
(December 2010)

American Diabetes Association - New research on bariatric surgery shows effective remission of diabetes
(December 2010)

CNN - Study: US obesity rate will hit 42 percent
(November 2010)

Fiercehealthcare - Obesity-related medical costs double earlier findings
(October 2010)

HealthyAmerians.org - F as in FAT: How obesity threatens America's future 2010
Download pdf   (June 2010)

HealthyAmerians.org - New Report: Texas ranks 13th most obese state in the nation
(June 2010)

CNN - Fact Check: The cost of obesity
(February 2010)

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