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Minneapolis-St.Paul Tops Fit List for Second Straight Year

ACSM American Fitness Indexâ„¢ 2012 report identifies healthiest, fittest metro areas in the U.S.; Latest report adds benchmarks to help direct community-level efforts.

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) May 31, 2012

For the second consecutive year, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the healthiest, fittest metropolitan area in the United States, according to the American College of Sports Medicine”™s (ACSM) annual American Fitness Indexâ„¢ (AFI).

Made possible by a grant from the WellPoint Foundation, the 2012 AFI data report, “Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,” evaluated the most populous city areas to identify the healthiest and fittest places in the United States. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington achieved a high score of 76.4 (out of 100 possible points) to capture the top ranking.

Read the whole press release here.

The metropolitan rankings included in the 2012 AFI report are:

Rank    Metropolitan Area     2012 Score    2011 Rank    2011 Score
1.    Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.    76.4         1                     77.2
2.    Washington, D.C.                    75.8         2                     76.8
3.    Boston, Mass.                            70.0         3                     69.1
4.    San Francisco, Calif.    69.0    6    66.8*
5.    Hartford, Conn.    68.5    7    66.8*
6.    Sacramento, Calif.    68.4    10    65.3
7.    Portland, Ore.    67.9    4    67.7
8.    Seattle, Wash.    67.8    8    66.5
9.    Denver, Colo.    65.6    5    67.6
10.    Austin, Texas    63.4    16    57.8
11.    Virginia Beach, Va.    63.2    9    65.8
12.    San Jose, Calif.    62.2    11    65.2
13.    Salt Lake City, Utah    59.8    15    59.8
14.    Raleigh, N.C.    58.8    24    50.0
15.    Pittsburgh, Pa.    58.7    17    55.5

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