Congrats to Burlington, Vermont – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just named it the healthiest city in America. The CDC says Burlington is among the best in exercise and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and several other diseases.

At the bottom of the pile – Huntington, West Virginia. The CDC dubs it the unhealthiest city in the U.S. Nearly half the adults there are obese – a lot higher percentage than the national average.

And Huntington leads in having a high number of other illnesses, too, including heart disease and diabetes. It’s even tops in the percentage of elderly people who have lost all their teeth – half of them have.

Interestingly, the entire states of Vermont and West Virginia held similar positions in another CDC report that came out in August – F as in Fat.

Photo Credit: City of Burlington

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