CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Healthy Communities
05-29-09
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
The American College of Sports Medicine released its American Fitness Index
and the 2009 rankings, "Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest
Metropolitan Areas,"
The data examined falls into two categories: 1) Personal Health Indicators;
and 2) Community and Environmental Indicators. Visit the online newsroom at
www.AmericanFitnessIndex.org for a complete list of the data components and
corresponding metholodogy.
Rank Metropolitan Area
1. Washington, D.C.
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
3. Denver, CO.
4. Boston, MA.
5. San Francisco/Oakland, CA
6. Seattle, WA
7. Portland, OR
8. San Diego, CA
9. Austin, TX
10. Virginia Beach, VA
11. Hartford, CT
12. Sacramento, CA
13. San Jose, CA
14. Cincinnati, Oh
15. Atlanta, GA.
16. Pittsburgh, PA
17. Milwaukee, WI
18. Buffalo, NY
19. Baltimore, MD.
20. Raleigh, NC.
Los Angles was 30th; San Bernardino/Riverside was 40th.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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