Top 10 Fittest, Least Fit Cities in the US

If you want to be around people jogging in easily available parks and eating kale, there are some big towns that are much more conducive to that than others, reports USA Today. The 2024 ACSM American Fitness Index took a look at the 100 biggest cities in America, and how they and their residents fare in terms of more than 30 indicators, including green spaces, food security, smoking rates, mental health, quality of sleep, and biking or walking to work. "If people don't have the right environment around them, whether it's the built environment or access to mental health services, food services, whatever the case may be, that's going to affect your health and health outcomes," says Shantanu Agrawal, chief health officer of Elevance Health, which helped conduct the survey. Without further ado:

The fittest cities

1. Arlington, Virginia
2. Washington, DC
3. Seattle
4. San Francisco
5. Madison, Wisconsin
6. Minneapolis
7. Denver
8. Atlanta
9. Irvine, California
10. St. Paul, Minnesota

And the least fit

91. Louisville, Kentucky
92. Bakersfield, California
93. Lubbock, Texas
94. Indianapolis
95. Tulsa, Oklahoma
96. North Las Vegas, Nevada (Las Vegas proper was No. 90)
97. Wichita, Kansas
98. Memphis, Tennessee
99. Port St. Lucie, Florida
100. Oklahoma City

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