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[Kimchi Cowboy]

Here's an interesting article which shows the percentages of overweight / obese people in Canada's major cities. Vancouver "wins" with a nation-wide low of "just" 12%.

Yes, if you know 100 people in Vancouver, 12 of them are probably overweight or obese.

Halifax is the healthiest east coast city at 18%, but Hamilton is the "Biggest Loser" at a staggering 74%!

Edmonton weighs in at some 62%, Toronto & Montreal come in at 51%, but both St. John & St. John's both thunder in at a whopp(er)ing 70% overweight or obese.

T'underin' Jaysus, b'ye, I t'ought all dem marritimmers was on the Pogie. What the hell dey bin eatin out dere?

[Temporary]

Not supprising why HongKongouver is thin.. Its also a all year nice weather city so walking is doable.. Unlike many other cities in Canada.
Not suprising why east coast is fat.. Ever heard of Newfie Steak... (Fried Spam)

[blurgalurgalurga]

Holy smokes, those numbers are crazy!
I think the reason it shows Newfies as so fat is that there's only a few of them left in Newfoundland, and those are the ones who were too sedentary to leave. Now there's very little competition for the lobster rolls and screech; hence, of the 100 people remaining, 70 of them are fat.
As for why Van is so thin--it's the blow, I'm sure.

Or perhaps, this bizarre and painful new weight-loss method...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7458468.stm
Gross! WTF is up with Vancouver and dismemberment?

[crusher_of_heads]

There are a lot of disgusting fat chicks in New Brunswick.

[Underwaterbob]

Yay for Halifax, awesome city.

[crusher_of_heads]

Why wasn't Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, mentioned?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

They must have just done Vancouver proper, not the suburbs. I'm surprised Montreal has such high numbers. When I lived there I actually thought the general population was thinner than greater Vancouver.

[Draz]

[ajgeddes]

What's the definition of overweight?

[kimchipig]

Vancouver has to be most competitive place to live in Canada. Fatsos are not going to make it here. If you don't have the smarts, skills and appearance, you'll never afford it. Added to that there is little or no parking, and what there is costs a fortune. So we walk and stay fit.

In fact, whenever I go east of Main St, which is not very often, it is kind of shocking to see the blobs oozing into the grease factory of the Golden Arches.

[Kimchi Cowboy]

[JustJohn]

That means body builders are going to register as overweight too. Might be worth noting if there are significant numbers of them in any of those places. Probably not though, eh?

[D-Man]

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