Did you eat as unhealthy as other Tennesseans did yesterday?

May 5, 2017 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated May 5, 2017 at 3:47 a.m.

by The Tennessean

A cook serves up a piece of fried chicken. Tennessee cities eat quite unhealthily compared to the rest of country, according to a Gallup-Sharecare survey, which includes rankings for Chattanooga, Kingsport, Clarksville, Greater Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville.
A cook serves up a piece of fried chicken. Tennessee cities eat quite unhealthily compared to the rest of country, according to a Gallup-Sharecare survey, which includes rankings for Chattanooga, Kingsport, Clarksville, Greater Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville.

Tennessee is home to some of the unhealthiest eaters in the country, according to a new survey that ranks people's eating habits across 189 cities.

Four of the state's six largest metro areas fell in the bottom 30 of the list from the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. Memphis was nearly at the bottom of the pack, ranking 188th out of 189 communities:

  • Chattanooga: 127
  • Kingsport-Bristol: 131
  • Knoxville: 162
  • Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin: 163
  • Clarksville: 185
  • Memphis: 188

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