INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis recently ranked high on a list we really, really don't want to be on: America's fattest cities.
According to WalletHub.com, Indy is the No. 21 fattest city in the country.
The study used three rankings to get the results: obesity, weight-related health problems and healthy environment.
Indy ranked much better in obesity and weight-related health problems than healthy environment. The city was sixth-worst for healthy environment, meaning it's hard for Indianapolis citizens to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
In 2016, Indianapolis was named the least healthy metro city in the country.
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Indianapolis is the northern-most city in the top 25, with most of the top cities in Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The top 20 are:
- Jackson, MS
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
- Chattanooga, TN-GA
- Mobile, AL
- Lafayette, LA
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Knoxville, TN
- Columbia, SC
- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
- Birmingham-Hoover, AL
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Baton Rouge, LA
