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Men’s Health: Pittsburgh is not keen on fast food (10:58 AM)

August 20, 2009 10:58 AM

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh’s not much of a fast-food town.So says Men’s Health magazine, which ranks Pittsburgh 98th out of 100 U.S. cities in terms of fast-food addiction.

Arlington, Texas is America’s fast-food capital, followed by Anchorage, Charlotte, N.C., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Raleigh, N.C., which each earned an “F” from Men’s Health for residents relying too much on fast-food, rather than more nutritious options.

Pittsburgh joins Miami and Hartford, Conn., as the three cities to earn “A” grades, though they were all topped by Buffalo, which nabbed the lone A+. Evidently, Men’s Health editors see nothing wrong with chicken wings.

To calculate fast-food fondness, Men’s Health tallied the number of McDonald’s, Burger Kings, Wendy’s and Taco Bells per capita, and then factored in the percentage of people in each city who visit fast-food restaurants.

Magazine editors then consulted SimplyMap data to determine where people consume fast-food seven or more times a month. Finally, the magazine looked at Center for Disease Control and Prevention statistics for the number of people who are obese, and to see who’s eating the fewest fruits and vegetables.

The complete list of cities will appear in the September issue of Men’s Health and on www.menshealth.com.


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