Baton Rouge, Louisiana has the highest obesity rate among the 100 biggest U.S. metro areas, but your city may not be far behind.

In a Gallup and Healthways survey revealing that high obesity rates are spread out around the country, more than a third of Baton Rouge residents, 35.9%, admit to being obese.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with its proximity to delicious Hershey chocolate and hearty Amish buffets, is almost as large, at 35.3%.

In contrast, outdoorsy Colorado Springs, Colorado and youthful San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, are the only two communities that have an obesity rate of less than 20%.

The study basically says that obese people are more likely to be found in miserable cities they are not proud of.

"Those living in communities with the highest obesity rates have much lower community well-being scores than those residing in communities with the lowest obesity rates," Gallup wrote.

"Residents of the former are significantly less likely to be proud of their community and to be satisfied with the city or area where they live."

Nationally, the obesity rate continued to climb in 2014 to 27.7%, up from 27.1% in 2013 and much higher than the 25.5% found in 2008.

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