Bodybuilding Weekly: City Rankings - Mountain West is Fittest, Miami is Fattest

City Rankings - Mountain West is Fittest, Miami is Fattest
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Hardbodies News on 19 January, 2009 06:41:00
 
January 19, 2009
Miami, home of the South Beach Diet, was this year's fattest city.  With almost
three times as many fast food restaurants as the average city and limited
participation in outdoor fitness activities, Miami residents are not highly
motivated to make healthy choices.  Salt Lake City, on the other hand, was
ranked as the most fit place to live. Men's Fitness magazine editor-and-chief
Roy Johnson noted that residents of the Utah city are four times more likely to
swim for fitness than residents of Miami and are more motivated to keep
themselves active. The city also boasts 11 times more public park acreage per
capita than Miami. Minneapolis ranked third on the list of fittest cities, not a
surprise, to those who saw last years list, on which Minneapolis ranked second.
The entire results will be published in the February issue of Men's Fitness
magazine.
Fittest Cities
1. Salt Lake City, Utah
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Minneapolis, Minnesota
4. Denver, Colorado
5. Albuquerque, New Mexico
6. Portland, Oregon
7. Honolulu, Hawaii
8. Seattle, Washington
9. Omaha, Nebraska
10. Virginia Beach, Va.
Fattest cities
1. Miami, Florida
2. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3. San Antonio, Texas
4. Las Vegas, Nevada
5. New York, New York
6. Houston, Texas
7. El Paso, Texas
8. Jacksonville, Florida
9. Charlotte, N.C.
10. Louisville-Jefferson, Kentucky
Source:  Minneapolis Fitness-Examiner