The Twin Cities have been singled out for leading the way in health and fitness nationally, according to the American Fitness Index from the American College of Sports Medicine, which publishes annually, USA Today
reports.
Washington, D.C., and Boston come next, while Oklahoma City is in last place, it adds.
The story explains that the results have to do with a combination of health indicators related to smoking, obesity and exercise along with the accessibility of parks and walking paths and farmers markets.
USA Today quotes Barbara Ainsworth, president-elect of the sports medicine group and a professor in Arizona State University's exercise and wellness program in Phoenix, who says, "It takes a healthy community to produce a healthy population, and Minneapolis-St. Paul is a beautiful place to live if you're interested in a physically active lifestyle."