Chances are pretty good that if you’re a typical citizen of North Las Vegas, Nevada, or Oklahoma City, you’re not going to be bench-pressing 250 pounds or winning any marathons any time soon.
Those are the two least fit of the 100 major cities in America (numbers 99 and 100, respectively), according to the 2019 American Fitness Index just published by the American College of Sports Medicine.
The index offers both personal health and community environment rankings. It is worth noting that while Oklahoma City was at 99 for community rank and 96 for personal health, North Las Vegas scored slightly better on the personal scale, at 89, though its community score was a lowly 97.
The other cities that leave much to be desired in terms of fitness are, in ascending order from North Las Vegas: Tulsa, Oklahoma; Toledo, Ohio; Indianapolis; Louisville, Kentucky; Bakersfield, California; Detroit; Arlington, Texas (part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area); and Corpus Christi, Texas -- which is an anomaly, scoring lowest on the Index for personal health but ranking number 42 for community environment.
The top-ranking city for fitness is another Arlington, the one in Virginia, followed by Seattle and Minneapolis. It should be noted that the ACSM Fitness Index doesn’t take into consideration such markers as premature death rate, adult obesity rate, rate of uninsured people under 65, and median household income. When those factors are taken into consideration for a ranking of the healthiest city in every state and the 25 healthiest cities in America, the winners are different. Corpus Christi and Bakersfield also have the unfortunate distinction of ranking among the 10 deadliest cities in terms of pedestrian fatalities, according to the index -- Corpus Christi at No. 4, Bakersfield tied for No. 10 with San Antonio, Texas.
Notice that the top 40 or so most fit cities are "blue" cities , and then when we get in the bottom half where the least fit folks are, we see mostly "red" cities such as those in texas and the southern states.
Maybe life is so good in the red states they don't bother working out or being healthy, they just live it up.
Maybe life is so good in the red states they don't bother working out or being healthy, they just live it up.
Well if you believe some religious conservatives, it's socialism that leads to laziness that leads to obesity, which of course explains why the top 10 fattest States are all Republican strongholds...
Notice that the top 40 or so most fit cities are "blue" cities , and then when we get in the bottom half where the least fit folks are, we see mostly "red" cities such as those in texas and the southern states.
Maybe life is so good in the red states they don't bother working out or being healthy, they just live it up.
Well if you believe some religious conservatives, it's socialism that leads to laziness that leads to obesity, which of course explains why the top 10 fattest States are all Republican strongholds...
pdf of the findings
Just wondering--is there any topic that you can't make into a Democrat/Republican or liberal/conservative issue?
when you look at the list it is hard to miss.
we all have room for improvement
Not what I asked--not even close.
true, but i gave you the proper answer. this list lends itself to the observation i made. if it didnt, i wouldnt have made it.
No, you did not. You did not answer what was asked.
Thanks for the lame attempt anyways.