The top 20 healthiest, unhealthiest cities in America

WalletHub compared 150 of the United States’ largest cities across 34 health-based metrics including fruit and vegetable consumption and fitness centers per capita to determine the ten healthiest and least healthy cities across the country.

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The 10 healthiest cities are, starting with the healthiest:

1. San Francisco
2. Salt Lake City
3. Scottsdale, Ariz.
4. Seattle
5. Portland, Ore.
6. Irvine, Calif.
7. Huntington Beach, Calif.
8. Honolulu
9. Washington, D.C.
10 Santa Clarita, Calif.

The 10 least healthy cities are, starting with the least unhealthy:

1. Augusta, Ga.
2. Toledo, Ohio
3. Newark, N.J.
4. North Las Vegas, Nev.
5. Corpus Christi, Texas
6. Shreveport, La.
7. Laredo, Texas
8. Memphis, Tenn.
9. Brownsville, Texas
10. Detroit

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