Twin Cities deemed healthiest in USA

dailyallison:

stuffaboutminneapolis:

The Twin Cities Minneapolis-St. Paul are the healthiest, fittest cities in the USA, followed by Washington, D.C., and Boston, according to a new analysis of the 50 most populous metro areas.

“It takes a healthy community to produce a healthy population, and Minneapolis-St. Paul is a beautiful place to live if you’re interested in a physically active lifestyle,” says Barbara Ainsworth, president-elect of the sports medicine group and a professor in Arizona State University’s exercise and wellness program in Phoenix.

Source: American Fitness Index from the American College of Sports Medicine Among the reasons the Twin Cities ranked No. 1: a lower-than-average obesity rate, an above-average percentage of residents who exercise, a relatively low smoking rate and moderate-to-low rates of chronic health problems such as asthma, heart disease and diabetes. Plus the area has lots of parks and recreational facilities.

Minneapolis was one of the first cities to have organized bicycle trails and to prohibit smoking in public places, she says, and it has many parks and public golf courses.

Almost 16% of land in the city is park land vs. an average of 10% in other cities across the country, Ainsworth says. “The parks are filled with baseball diamonds, tennis courts, walking trails so there are many different ways to be active.”

This makes me proud!

(Source: USA Today)

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