How fit is our city? The American
College of Sports Medicine release its
annual list of “Most In-Shape Major Cities” across the United States –and Salt Lake City
The ACSM gives each location a checkup of sorts, looking at preventative health behaviors, levels of chronic disease, health care access, and programs in the community aimed at encouraging healthy lifestyles.
Things like funding for park and bike trails, as well as smoking bans, will increase the ranking.
The ACSM uses health care experts and data from the US Census and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for some of its research.
The group says the goal of the list is to give health care workers and advocates a starting point for creating effective programs to get Americans on track for healthy lifestyles.
Minneapolis-St. Paul nabbed the top spot for the third year running.Washington , D.C. ; Portland , Oregon ; San Francisco and Denver
The ACSM gives each location a checkup of sorts, looking at preventative health behaviors, levels of chronic disease, health care access, and programs in the community aimed at encouraging healthy lifestyles.
Things like funding for park and bike trails, as well as smoking bans, will increase the ranking.
The ACSM uses health care experts and data from the US Census and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for some of its research.
The group says the goal of the list is to give health care workers and advocates a starting point for creating effective programs to get Americans on track for healthy lifestyles.
Minneapolis-St. Paul nabbed the top spot for the third year running.
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