{"id":13006,"date":"2013-05-21T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=13006"},"modified":"2013-05-21T03:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T10:00:49","slug":"most-unhealthy-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/most-unhealthy-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Most Unhealthy Cities in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Embed Infographic<\/h3>\n<p><textarea style=\"width: 587px;height: 100px\">&lt;iframe src=&#8221;http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/05\/unhealthy\/index.html&#8221; height=&#8221;630px&#8221; width=&#8221;587px&#8221; scrolling=&#8221;no&#8221; frameBorder=&#8221;0&#8243;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&lt;\/br&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/top-ten\/most-unhealthy-cities\/&#8221;&gt;The 10 Most Unhealthy Cities&lt;\/a&gt; By Movoto<\/textarea><br \/>\nYour city is trying to kill you\u2014or at least it isn\u2019t helping keep you alive. While there\u2019s always plenty of talk about how crime and violence make particular cities dangerous to live in, we don\u2019t always consider the things that are slowly (or sometimes not-so-slowly) conspiring to send us to an early grave. Things like the quality of the air we breath or how easily we can get healthy food (or, conversely, food that is absolutely horrible for us).<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve been looking at some fun city-related topics here recently on the Movoto blog, but this time around we decided to get a little more serious. Where, we wondered, are the unhealthiest cities; the places where the deck is stacked against residents getting or staying healthy, and where there are some clear signs of the difficulty in doing so.<br \/>\nSo we did the research and found just that: America\u2019s 10 most unhealthy cities. These are places where the residents aren\u2019t just unhealthy\u2014the cities themselves are unhealthy places to be. If you value your health, these towns aren\u2019t doing you any favors:<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/in\/indianapolis.html\">Indianapolis, IN<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tn\/memphis.html\">Memphis, TN<\/a><br \/>\n2. Wichita, KS<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tn\/nashville.html\">Nashville, TN<\/a><br \/>\n5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/md\/baltimore.html\">Baltimore, MD<\/a><br \/>\n6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/san-antonio.html\">San Antonio, TX<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/fl\/jacksonville.html\">Jacksonville, FL<\/a><br \/>\n8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/mi\/detroit.html\">Detroit, MI<\/a><br \/>\n9. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/fort-worth.html\">Fort Worth, TX<\/a><br \/>\n10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/pa\/philadelphia.html\">Philadelphia, PA<\/a><br \/>\nIn order to come up with this ranking, we worked with one of our largest sets of criteria to date. If you\u2019d like to read how we figured it all out, and see some of the worst offenders in various categories, we\u2019ve got you covered below\u2014 although you\u2019ll probably want to go for a walk afterwards.<\/p>\n<h2>How We Did It<\/h2>\n<p>Like we\u2019ve done for similar city rankings, we started with a list of the 50 most populous cities in the country. Then, we had to decide which criteria we thought would contribute to a city being generally unhealthy. We ended up with 12:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fast food restaurants per square mile<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of population that meets federal activity guidelines<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of population with diabetes<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of population that is obese<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of population that smokes<\/li>\n<li>Percentage of population with low access to healthy food<\/li>\n<li>Air quality rating<\/li>\n<li>Walkability score<\/li>\n<li>People per recreation facility<\/li>\n<li>People per farmers&#8217; market<\/li>\n<li>Park acreage per person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, coming up with criteria is one thing; researching all of it is another. But that\u2019s what we do here. Through that research, we inevitably come upon some surprising data\u2014and that\u2019s what you\u2019ll find in our notes below, starting with the health of the residents in our 50 most populous cities.<\/p>\n<h2>Cities at Risk<\/h2>\n<p><div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smog over Los Angeles\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/05\/images\/unhealthy-smog.jpg\" alt=\"Smog over Los Angeles\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Flickr user Steven Buss<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThere are lots of criteria that can be used to gauge the health of a city\u2019s residents. We looked at four specifically: the prevalence of diabetes, obesity, and smoking, plus the percentage of people that are getting the minimum amount of activity necessary to be healthy.<br \/>\nOur first stop was the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which collects data on some of the criteria we needed via its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/\">Economic Research Service<\/a>. Two of these are the diabetes and obesity rates for counties throughout the country.<\/p>\n<h3>Diabetes and Obesity<\/h3>\n<p>Using the USDA data, we discovered that the city with the highest occurrences of both is Detroit. 12.3 percent of the people who live in Detroit have diabetes, while 34.2 percent are obese according to federal guidelines. Memphis has the second highest occurrence of diabetes and obesity, at 11.8 percent and 34.1 percent, respectively. Residents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ky\/louisville.html\">Louisville, KY<\/a> round out the top three with diabetes and obesity rates of 11.2 percent and 33.7 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<h3>Physical Activity<\/h3>\n<p>In terms of cities where residents are taking simple steps to become healthier or stay healthy, namely meeting the government\u2019s physical activity guidelines, Memphis and Nashville tied for worst according to the USDA. Only 49.2 percent of the people living in these cities are meeting the guidelines. Louisville came in a distant third-worst at 62.3 percent.<\/p>\n<h3>Smoking<\/h3>\n<p>Then there are cities where people are actively doing something that puts their health at risk: smoking. According to the USDA, the city with the highest percentage of adult smokers is Indianapolis at 30.3 percent, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/oh\/cleveland.html\">Cleveland, OH<\/a> at 29.8 percent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/nv\/las-vegas.html\">Las Vegas, NV<\/a> at 29.7 percent.<\/p>\n<h3>Air Quality<\/h3>\n<p>We also looked at air quality for this index, using ratings provided by the American Lung Association and its annual State of the Air survey. In its 2013 report, nine of our 50 most populous cities received an \u201cF\u201d rating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indianapolis, IN<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore, MD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/il\/chicago.html\">Chicago, IL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/los-angeles.html\">Los Angeles, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/long-beach.html\">Long Beach, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/az\/phoenix.html\">Phoenix, AZ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/san-diego.html\">San Diego, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/sacramento.html\">Sacramento, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/fresno.html\">Fresno, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The takeaway here: If you love your lungs, get out of Indianapolis. Not only is its air bad to begin with, but you have a greater chance of inhaling secondhand smoke there than anywhere else on our list.<br \/>\nOn the flip side of the smoker data, it\u2019s heartening that, even in the worst city, two-thirds of the residents are health conscious enough to know how dangerous smoking can be. They might even be trying to improve and maintain their health by exercising and taking part in outdoor activities. That\u2019s why we decided to look at the how the cities fared in these criteria next.<\/p>\n<h2>Staying in Shape<\/h2>\n<p><div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Working out\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/05\/images\/unhealthy-gym.jpg\" alt=\"Working out\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Flickr user Lululemon Athletica<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOne of the things we knew was important in determining a city\u2019s overall healthiness was access to gyms and other recreation facilities, as well as open space to stay active in and the ability to get to places just by walking.<\/p>\n<h3>Recreation Facilities<\/h3>\n<p>Using its data, we discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/pa\/philadelphia.html\">Philadelphia, PA<\/a> is the worst when it comes to the availability of places to get some exercise, with only one per every 18,737 residents. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/el-paso.html\">El Paso, TX<\/a> was next, with one per 13,050 people, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ny\/new-york-city.html\">New York City, NY<\/a> was third with one recreation facility for every 10,892 people.<\/p>\n<h3>Park Space<\/h3>\n<p>Park space is something we\u2019ve looked at in previous top 10 city rankings we\u2019ve done, and it seemed particularly applicable here. Based on the data we\u2019d gathered in the past, Miami is worst in this regard, with only .0029 acres of park space per resident. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ca\/fresno.html\">Fresno<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/il\/chicago.html\">Chicago<\/a> rank second- and third-worst with .0030 and .0044 acres per person, respectively.<\/p>\n<h3>Walkability<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re not a fitness buff, the simple act of walking can be a boon to your health. With that in mind, we checked out the walkability of the cities using the trusty Walk Score website, which scores based on how easy it is to perform common errands on foot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/fort-worth.html\">Fort Worth, TX<\/a>, Oklahoma City, and Nashville were tied in this category with walk scores of 36 (out of 100).<br \/>\nIn cities at the other end of the scale\u2014Philadelphia, for example, at 98\u2014it\u2019s easier to get to places like grocery stores on foot. This inspired us to look into how the cities on our list fared when it came to making eating healthy an option for residents.<\/p>\n<h2>Eating Right<\/h2>\n<p><div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fresh veggies\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/05\/images\/unhealthy-food.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh veggies\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Flickr user Danny O.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn recent years, there\u2019s been more attention placed on so-called \u201cfood deserts\u201d\u2014areas where residents have to travel long distances to get fresh produce and other healthier food options from stores. We turned to the USDA to get an idea of where we could find the largest number of people faced with this sort of situation, and once again found it in data from the Economic Research Service.<\/p>\n<h3>Access to Healthy Food<\/h3>\n<p>We discovered that nearly a third of Kansas City, MO residents\u201429.99 percent\u2014are without easy access to healthy food options. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/mn\/minneapolis.html\">Minneapolis, MN<\/a>, 29.65 percent find themselves in that camp, while 29.57 percent of Cleveland residents do.<\/p>\n<h3>Farmers\u2019 Markets<\/h3>\n<p>Since farmers\u2019 markets offer an alternative to traditional grocery stores when it comes to buying fresh produce and other healthy food options, we used USDA data to determine how many of them there are in each of our 50 cities compared to their populations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/tx\/houston.html\">Houston, TX<\/a> did worst, with one farmers\u2019 market for every 306,449 residents. Nashville has one for every 203,215 people while in Virginia Beach there\u2019s one for every 110,677 residents. (Long Beach, at the opposite end of the spectrum, has an impressive one farmers\u2019 market for every 3,666 people.)<\/p>\n<h2>Adding It Up<\/h2>\n<p>Once we had the data we needed, we ranked each city from 1 to 50 in the individual criteria, with 1 being the worst and 50 being the best. For criteria such as the obesity rate, a higher number resulted in a ranking closer to 1. Other criteria, such as walk score and the number of recreation facilities, were actually better the higher they got, so cities with lower scores in them were ranked closer to 1.<br \/>\nWe then averaged the rankings across all 50 cities in order to get our final ranking of the 50 least healthy cities. As you saw above, Indianapolis took the top spot in the rankings, with Wichita and Memphis rounding out the top three.<br \/>\nWe\u2019re not saying everyone who lives in these cities is unhealthy, or that it\u2019s not possible to get and stay healthy if you live there. But the data does show that there\u2019s a higher chance your fellow residents aren\u2019t in the best shape\u2014and that you might have a harder time than most getting or staying healthy when compared to your chances of doing so in healthier places like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/co\/colorado-springs.html\">Colorado Springs, CO<\/a> (the healthiest city according to our data). Of course, any city is only as healthy as what\u2019s in your fridge. (Or on your house, if you\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/novelty-real-estate\/bacon-home\/\">wrapped it in bacon<\/a>.)<br \/>\n<em>Editor&#8217;s note: This article has been revised since its initial publication due to a statistical error affecting the park acreage criteria. Resolving it has slightly altered the final ranking, which is reflected at the beginning of the article.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tile image: Flickr user Julie Bocchino<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/05\/images\/blog-unhealthy-title-tile.png\" class=\"excerpt\" \/>From poor air quality to a lack of healthy food, we&#8217;ve determined the big cities cities where you&#8217;re least likely to get and stay healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-places","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 10 Most 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