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<p>Time to start bellying up to the salad bar &#8212; this region was ranked 46th fattest nationwide in a new analysis Wednesday.</p><p>The good news, arguably: The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area got the rating not so much because of weight as because of weight-related health problems.</p><p>The rating may also be mitigated by the fact that the organization crunching the numbers only looked at the nation&#8217;s largest 100 MSAs. There could be lots of fatter places to live, they just might be too small to make this list.</p><p>The <a href="https://wallethub.com/edu/fattest-cities-in-america/10532/#methodology" target="_blank">report </a>came from wallethub.com, and opens with a comment that puts the whole country on notice: &#8220;Americans are the fattest people in the world. By one measure, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population aged 15 and older is overweight or obese.&#8221;</p><p>The analysis considered 17 data points grouped into three categories: obesity &amp; overweight, weight-related health problems, and healthy environment. Each MSA was ranked in each category and ranked overall.</p><p>America&#8217;s leanest MSA was Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue in Washington, which also posted some strong showings in categories: 91st in obesity/overweight and 94th in weight-related problems.</p><p>Jackson, Miss., ranked fattest: second in obesity/overweight and first in related health problems.</p><p>At No. 46 overall, this region didn&#8217;t do so bad in obesity/overweight, landing at 68th place, or in healthy environment, ranking 66th. But the weight-related health problems brought the overall rating down, ranking 38th among the 100 MSAs reviewed.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Rankings look at weight-related woes</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/Hazleton area ranks 46th fattest nationwide in new report