May 24, 2010

Long may you run...just not in Oklahoma City

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The fittest (and un-fittest) cities have been released by the America College of Sports Medicine. And the bottom five cities just sound obese and unhealthy:

1 Oklahoma City, Okla.
2 Birmingham, Ala.
3 Memphis, Tenn.
4 Detroit, Mich.
5 Louisville, Ky.

I've never heard anyone saying, "I'm moving to Oklahoma City for the lifestyle." Or Birmingham or Memphis or Detroit or Louisville.

MSN.com reports: Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett doesn't run away from the most obese city title. "I'm not saying we shouldn't be last," he says. "There are issues here that are real that we're not running away from. We have an obesity problem." In Oklahoma City almost one in three people weighs in as obese, and the diabetes rate is a sky-high 10.5 percent. The city lacks farmers' markets, and virtually everyone drives to work.
Where is your city? And where are you?




Rank
Metropolitan Area
2010 Score
2009 Rank
2009 Score
1.
Washington, D.C.
73.5
1
74.4
2.
Boston, Mass.
72.6
4
71.4
3.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
71.7
2
72.1
4.
Seattle, Wash.
70.5
6
69.7
5.
Portland, Ore.
70.4
7
68.1
6.
Denver, Colo.
69.9
3
71.6
7.
Sacramento, Calif.
65.8
12
62.2
8.
San Francisco, Calif.
64.7
5
71.3
9.
Hartford, Conn.
64.4
11
62.5
10.
Austin, Texas
63.9
9
65.1
11.
Richmond, Va.
62.7
NR
N/A
12.
Cincinnati, Ohio
62.5
14
60.8
13.
San Diego, Calif.
62.0
8
66.8
14.
San Jose, Calif.
61.0
13
61.3
15.
Salt Lake City, Utah
60.6
NR
N/A
16.
Atlanta, Ga.
57.7
15
59.3
17.
Virginia Beach, Va.
57.2*
10
63.1
18.
Providence, R.I.
57.2*
NR
N/A
19.
Orlando, Fla.
55.5
NR
N/A
20.
Baltimore, Md.
53.5
19
52.5
21.
New York, N.Y.
52.9
22
48.9
22.
Raleigh, N.C.
52.4
20
52.3
23.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
52.0
16
54.3
24.
Jacksonville, Fla.
51.2
28
45.2
25.
Cleveland, Ohio
51.0
24
47.9
26.
Philadelphia, Pa.
50.4
27
45.9
27.
Milwaukee, Wisc.
49.2
17
53.0*
28.
Buffalo, N.Y.
49.2
18
53.0*
29.
Kansas City, Mo.
47.9
21
50.3
30.
Tampa, Fla.
47.8
23
48.5
31.
Nashville, Tenn.
47.8
26
46.8
32.
Phoenix, Ariz.
47.4
32
42.5*
33.
Chicago, Ill.
47.0
25
47.6
34.
Charlotte, N.C.
44.0
34
40.3
35.
Columbus, Ohio
42.8
29
43.9
36.
Riverside, Calif.
42.8
40
35.1
37.
St. Louis, Mo.
40.5
33
42.5*
38.
Los Angeles, Calif.
40.5
30
43.6
39.
Miami, Fla.
39.9
31
42.7
40.
Dallas, Texas
39.5
35
39.6
41.
New Orleans, La.2
37.7
NR
N/A
42.
Houston, Texas
37.6
41
34.7
43.
San Antonio, Texas
36.9
39
35.5
44.
Indianapolis, Ind.
35.9
36
39.3
45.
Las Vegas, Nev.
35.3
42
34.6
46.
Louisville, Ky.
32.5
38
37.7
47.
Detroit, Mich.
31.9
44
30.5
48.
Memphis, Tenn.
31.6
37
38.5
49.
Birmingham, Ala.
31.2
43
32.2
50.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
24.3
45
23.2


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