Posted
1/05/2005 05:37:00 PM
by Douglas
Man, I never get tired of
this story. So Houston is the "fattest city" in America, yet again. I'm sure a quality publication like
Men's Fitness used scientific data, such as body mass and/or average ass diameter to determine this standing.
In its nonscientific Seventh Annual Fattest and Fittest Cities Report, the magazine compares 50 cities by weighing 14 factors, including fast food restaurants per capita, TV watching, air quality, and parks.In Seattle, for example, sporting goods stores and gyms outnumber fast food joints -- a key statistic.
Houston was named the fattest city for the fourth time in five years, followed by Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis and Chicago.
I'm not trying to imply that Houston isn't without its problem, but how is this not complete and utter crap? I'm no statistician, but using sporting good stores, gyms, and fast food joints per capita, to determine fatness is like using Madonna CD sales to determine homosexuality. (wait, maybe that's a bad example.) Anyhoo.
Let your freak flag fly, Houston. You're beautiful just how you are.