What does the weight of the population say about the team? Does the girth of the citizenry indicate the deliciousness of the stadium food, or the awesomeness of the tailgating? This list breaks down the ten NFL team cities that have the highest rates of obesity. See if you can guess the number one, and feel free to comment.Information on metropolitan obesity from www.governing.com.
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At #10, it's the Indianapolis Colts.The metro area of Indianapolis-Carmel barely edged out Charlotte, NC to put the Colts on the list. With 28.2% obesity, that means there's about 495,000 obese individuals in the Indianapolis metro area.
Maybe it's because Indy's home to the Big Ugly Burger at Bub's, or maybe because the award winning brewery Sun King is based there. Either way, the fans of the Colts slowing things down in the Speedway City, "letting it all hang out" at their Brick House, the Lucas Oil stadium.
Filling out their waistbands at #9 it's the Miami Dolphins.With year-round warm weather and a steady supply of Cuban food, who can blame the residents of Miami for being a little rounder? What's questionable is why anyone would order something called the "Dolphin Hot Dog", which just sounds like a PETA lawsuit waiting to happen. I'd stick with a Cuban sandwich.
I don't know where CSI Miami is filmed, but it has somehow avoided to catch any of the Miami metro's 1,575,000 obese residents.
Instead of the Dirty Bird, maybe it should be the Girthy Bird. At #8 it's the Atlanta Falcons fanbase. Approximately 1,566,000 folks in the ATL metro are obese, and the Southern fare has to be to blame. The local restaurants have produced two Top Chef finalists.You don't have to be Ludacris to enjoy a regional favorite, Chicken and Waffles, at Gladys Knight's in the city, and then follow up your meal with dessert at the stadium: the Taste of the South food stand serves Georgia peach cobbler.
The residents of the Space City may wish they felt the lack of gravity in lower earth orbit, but they put the TON in HousTON with approximately 1,771,000 Houstonians identified as obese.
Finally, providing a possible explanation of why those Terrible Towels are so terrible, its the Pittsburgh Steelers at #6 on the list. Pitt's puffy pigskin patrons tip the keystone scales with over 690,000 obese residents in the metro area.One of the city's most popular attractions is slow trolley that takes you up a hill. Heinz Stadium brings in famous fare from local Primanti Bros. where all of the sandwiches are topped with French Fries. And lets not forget that the Heinz Company (who owns Ore-Ida) is based here, making the fries Steelers fans eat, and the ketchup they dip them in.
It's the Kansas City Chiefs fans ushering in the top half of the group at #5. I can't blame the Kansas City residents for bringing the thunder-thighs to Arrowhead Stadium when the area is home to one of the four major styles of barbecue, and one of the best regional craft breweries in the country, Boulevard Brewing.The Kansas City area's over 600,000 obese residents can sink their teeth into BBQ in-stadium with the popular Brisket Stack, a double-decker Kansas City style BBQ sandwich.
In the #4 spot, its Rams fans who can't say no to canned SPAM. More likely though, is a good old-fashioned St. Louis Fish Fry, neighborhood events which can be found using a local news stations "Fish Fry Finder" web tool. Toasted (deep-fried) ravioli, is another indulgent, richly-flavored St. Louis tradition.St. Louis is also the home of Anheuser-Busch, makers of the nation's two most popular beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Budweiser's 30,000 employees get two free cases a month. That's a lot of subsidized beer guts walking around town!
At #3, the fans of the New Orleans Saints bring their super-size to the Superdome. There's no need to wait until Mardi Gras to gorge, guzzle, and glut in the Crescent City.Home of Cafe Du Monde beignets, Domilise's Po Boys, and Central Grocery muffulettas, New Orleans is the city where Fat Tuesday runs Sunday through Saturday. The Saints may go marching in, but its fans are likely sauntering. New Orleans-Matairie-Kenner's over 400,000 obese residents put the Big in The Big Easy.
The city's 1,420,000 obese residents enjoy an excess of local beer and food, combining both with the stadium's Victory Knot, a two pound pretzel served with beer cheese. Topping the extremes is local Mallie's Bar, home of the Guinness Book of World Records largest burger, the "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" which weighs in at 190 lbs.
Finally, rounding out our list (pun intended) at #1, it's the Dallas Cowboys. At 33.8% obese, the city of America's Team breaks a weighty milestone by being the only city on this list where over 1/3 of its residents are obese. Approximately 2,077,000 obese residents have the opportunity to enjoy Dallas' claim to culinary fame in fried butter.Luckily, Jerry Jones built a stadium to hold 80,000 of these butterchompers, and the stadium serves everything from BBQ brisket quesadillas to churros to "jalapeno sausage sandwiches".
That finishes out the list! Question, comments, health concerns? Please post your comments below!
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