Here's the skinny - Cape Town is our slimmest city, Bloem the couch potatoes, according to Discovery

Cape Town came out tops, and Gqeberha was outed as South Africa's fattest city in the Discovery Vitality ObeCity Index, which was published last week.

9 Mar 2023

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Cape Town had the largest percentage of people within a healthy weight range – 21% higher than those in Gqeberha, according to the index. Residents of Durban, Pretoria and Bloemfontein had healthier weights than those in Gqeberha.

But Gqeberha beat Cape Town in the fitness stakes and was rated second as South Africa’s most active city in the ObeCity Index, behind Johannesburg. Bloemfontein was rated as the least-active city.

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