10 most, least overweight cities in America

McAllen, Texas, is the most obese and overweight city in the U.S., according to an analysis released March 11 by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

To identify the nation's heaviest cities, WalletHub analysts used 19 metrics to compare 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across three categories: obesity and overweight, health consequences, and food and fitness. Metrics ranged from the share of physically inactive adults to the number of health educators and community health workers per capita. More information on the methodology is available here.

Here are the 10 most obese and overweight cities, according to the analysis:

1. McAllen, Texas

2. Jackson, Miss.

3. Shreveport, La.

4. Mobile, Ala.

5. Little Rock, Ark.

6. Knoxville, Tenn.

7. Memphis, Tenn.

8. Lafayette, La.

9. Baton Rouge, La.

10. Chattanooga, Tenn.

Here are the 10 least obese and overweight cities, according to the analysis:

1. Seattle

2. Honolulu

3. Boston

4. Denver

5. San Jose, Calif.

6. Minneapolis

7. Colorado Springs, Colo.

8. San Francisco

9. Portland, Ore.

10. Salt Lake City

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