Men's Fitness magazine release annual rankings

[DelawareValleyDem]

of fittest and fattest cities in US.

Figure in parentheses represents last year's ranking. Seems like a lot of bouncing around between the two years.

Full story at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060106/ap_on_he_me/fit_fittest_city


TOP 25 FITTEST CITIES:

1. Baltimore (25 fattest)

2. Honolulu (2)

3. Virginia Beach, Va. (12)

4. Tucson, Ariz. (8)

5. Milwaukee (15)

6. Colorado Springs, Colo. (3)

7. San Francisco (4)

8. Seattle (1)

9. Louisville-Jefferson, Ky. (not ranked)

10. Boston (11)

11. Sacramento, Calif. (7)

12. Nashville-Davidson, Tenn. (25)

13. Albuquerque (10)

14. Tulsa, Okla. (22 fattest)

15. Phoenix (12 fattest)

16. Atlanta (23 fattest)

17. Portland, Ore. (6)

18. Washington (23)

19. Oakland, Calif. (20)

20. Denver (5)

21. Minneapolis (13)

22. Arlington, Texas (22)

23. Austin, Texas (19)

24. Jacksonville, Fla. (18)

25. Omaha, Neb. (16)

TOP 25 FATTEST CITIES:

1. Chicago (5)

2. Las Vegas (9)

3. Los Angeles (21 fittest)

4. Dallas (6)

5. Houston (1)

6. Memphis, Tenn. (4)

7. Long Beach, Calif. (20)

8. El Paso, Texas (11)

9. Kansas City, Mo. (18)

10. Mesa, Ariz. (15)

11. Indianapolis (13)

12. San Antonio (10)

13. Fort Worth, Texas (14)

14. Miami (19)

15. Detroit (3)

16. Columbus, Ohio (16)

17. Oklahoma City (21)

18. Cleveland (24 fittest)

19. Wichita, Kan. (17)

20. Charlotte, N.C. (24)

21. San Diego (9 fittest)

22. Fresno, Calif. (14 fittest)

23. Philadelphia (2)

24. San Jose, Calif. (17 fittest)

25. New York (8)

[eyepaddle]

1. I don't know how

Minneapolis could've slipped--I've totally my cardio goin' on! :cry:


;)

[matcom]

2. HAHA! CHICAGO!! Boston Wins AGAIN!!

:bounce:

:hide:

[terrya]

3. Oh-oh, Chicago is number 1 for the fattest city.

I can sort of believe it, though. All sorts of fattening food available here, coupled with inhospitable winters that deters people from going out and exercising...

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. I'm not contributing

been riding my bike.

[LSK]

6. where do you ride in winter?

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. Up the lakefront path

as always.

[LSK]

5. yeah, it sucks here

Winter really has killed my exercise routine of playing basketball. Luckily I just got an exercise bike.