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Missoulians Are In Good Shape & Love the Outdoors - See What Other Cities Ranked!

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AARP recently came out with a study of the Skinniest US towns. Missoula, Montana ranked #7 of the top ten. They gathered information from the National Center for Chronic Disease BRFSS ('05-06) and looked at the average BMI for each city. Those with the lowest Body Mass Index (BMI) made the list.

Now keep inmind that they consider those with a BMI of 25 are still considered overweight. Thirty or above means obese. It's interesting to me that all but one of the "Skinniest" cities still had a BMI average of "overweight"

 

The top 10 is as follows:

1. Boulder, CO ...24.94

2. Santa Fe, NM ...25.50

3. Prescott, AZ ... 25.75

4. Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL ... 25.79

5. Bend, OR ... 25.87

6. Barnstable Town, MA ... 25.95

7. Missoula, MT ... 25.97

8. Sarasota - Bradenton - Venice, FL ... 25.98

9. San Francisco Bay Area ... 25.98

10. Ft. Collins - Loveland, CO ... 25.99

U.S. Average ... 27.4

Missoula was also recently rated one of the Greenest Commuter towns by the same publication for our biking and walking to work.

 

 

Comments(2)

MARTY HANCOCK
LINCOLN MORTGAGE - Sewell, NJ

HI, Kevin,

The only problem with BMI is that it does not take into account what proportion of the weight is muscle.

A weight trainer who's 6', 190 will have a higher BMI than a fellow who does not train who's 6', 175. Yet the lighter man may have a greater percentage of bodyfat, and may not be as healthy as the wieght trainer.

Aug 26, 2008 03:30 AM
Monica Bourgeau
Portland, OR
Authentic Marketing for Heart-Led Agents

Good point Marty.

Aug 26, 2008 04:46 AM