Fattest Cities: Where Does Chicago Rank?

CHICAGO, IL — Despite its love of food — the not-so-healthy stuff like deep-dish pizza, hot dogs and Italian beef — Chicago and other Illinois towns ranked almost dead center on a list of the 100 fattest cities in the country.

WalletHub, which bills itself as an online "financial advisor," released a list Wednesday of the 2017 Fattest Cities in America based on government data on obesity, health problems associated with weight and environmental health. The list looks at the 100 most-populated cities in the U.S.

WalletHub placed the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area at No. 54 on the list, which also gives scores for "overweight and obesity," "weight-related health problems" and "healthy environment" rankings.

The top 10 fattest areas in the U.S. were all in the South, with the fattest being Jackson, Mississippi, which ranked No. 1 for weight-related health problems. The least fat area was the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma area, coming in at No. 100.

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