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By Kyle B. Hansen (contact) 
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 | 11:12 a.m.
Been to a buffet lately? Or how about the buffet of buffets?
Las Vegas is famous for 24-hour buffets, as well as fine dining, so it might come as no surprise that we’re close to the top of another list: America’s 20 Most Gluttonous Cities.
The Daily Meal website ranked U.S. cities using the number of grocery stores and supermarkets, fast-food establishments and full-service restaurants per capita, plus the rate of obesity. Las Vegas came in at No. 6.
“It should come as no surprise that the City of Sin secured a spot on the list,” the website said. “With the throngs of endless buffets and dozens of top-tier restaurants, Vegas is known as a destination for excess. However, recognizing the relatively low population density, it is very interesting that the city ranks so high on the list.”
The city has 263 grocery stores, 1,089 fast-food restaurants, 1,607 full-service restaurants and an obesity rate of 26 percent, the website said.
The list includes few cities in the South and Midwest, where obesity rates are generally highest, but had several California cities.
The most gluttonous city on the list was New York City, followed by Detroit, Dallas, Houston and Miami, and then Las Vegas.
What we need are dual axle Hover Rounds with larger oxygen bottle holders and a strong box to hold the slot payouts.
And perhaps several (large) motion sickness bags.
One thing a survey like this forgets to take into account is that many of our restaurants are on the strip for the Thirty Million + people that come to town each year.
Now I have to agree this town is getting to Obese. Nevada ranks 39th for Obese adults and #11 for Obese kids.
People need to get off their butt and work some of this great food off. If nothing else, send the kids out to play so they don't end up the way they are heading now.
It is costing Hundreds of Millions of dollars to take care of the obesity problems in this country.
So if I'm reading this correctly, a quick way to improve our standing with regard to this survey's methodology is to tear out all of the food courts, restaurants and buffets on the Strip and replace them with Albertsons branches. I'm sure we can retrofit a hundred thousand hotel rooms for kitchenettes.
Finally, a top ten list we can master...
Seriously though, we should count our blessings. There's no place else I know where you can get a $4.99 breakfast (with a custom-made omlette), then sit down and play video poker with decent pay tables, then go outside and enjoy 330-plus days of sunshine. Add in terrific shows and concerts, and Las Vegas is still number one in my book!
I thought the kids were going hungry according to Three Square and the ccsd.
Which is it, fat or starving kids?
"Las Vegas is famous for 24-hour buffets" ...?
If any readers know of a 24-hour buffet, please list it.
The only longer-running 24-hour buffet I knew of was at the Boardwalk, where the Aria now sits.
Other 24-hour buffets occasionally appeared, but only lasted a few months.
There were never more than two running at a time, and usually none.
For goodness sakes. Does Vegas have to take a beating in every survey? I have lived here for 13 years and I think I have gone to a buffet a total of 3 times. The only people I know that go to buffets are tourists.
Buffets are really gross, I'm surprised more people haven't gotten sick from them or some type of outbreak hasn't occurred... I guarantee that's coming sooner or later.
The grocery stores here primarily carry junk food by the mega corporations so it's no surprise about obesity. Given the heat most kids don't play outside which also adds to the problem.
What looks like an abundance of choices as you walk down the grocery isle, is the same companies repackaged and rebranded over and over again. A very nice illusion of choice, like many other things in this country.
The fruits and vegetables are absolutely tasteless... Not sure what thats about. Grow your own, that's my suggestion.
The city is a statistically proven failure. The state isn't much better, nor is the rest of the country.
At least we have low taxes, for now.
Viva Depends, Oxygen Tanks, and HoverRounds! Viva Las Vegas!
Seriously though, Jeff Case (post above) said it best.
C'mon Chicago and Philly have got to be up there.
Isnt walking to the mailbox for a buffet coupon considered excersize?
I prefer the buffets because, being diabetic, I can choose only the foods which won't harm me.
If I order from a menu, I'm paying for the starch and sugar portions which get thrown out.
Many buffets have a section which feature sugar-free desserts. You don't find that on a menu.