Shreveport, Louisiana

Louisiana ranks among the top ten states in the United States – many of which are in the south - for both adult and childhood obesity. For the percentage of obese adults, Shreveport and the nearby Bossier City, Louisiana, came in at number 13 in the US.

Despite this, both cities ranked fifth on the list of the fattest because they had the second-highest number of citizens with high blood pressure and the nation's overall steepest rates of residents with high cholesterol. The 250,000 inhabitants of the region face serious health risks as a result of these two factors combining together. Shreveport may be one of the nation's fattest cities, but there is some noticeable improvement in 2021. Residents have started making an effort to modify their dietary habits.