Friday, November 2, 2012

Survey: Charlotte lags Raleigh in fitness - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The survey ranked the Raleigh-Cary area as 20th in fitnesz among the 50 most populouxs metropolitan areas in theUnited States. The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord region came in The annual ranking surveyshealth factors, includinf the percentages of those who are obese, smoked and have chronic illnesses such as asthmaw or diabetes. It also factors in how frequently people exercise and the percentage of the population withhealtjh insurance.
Community and environmental indicatore are considered as including the number of parks and playgroundeper capita, farmers markets and percentage of people who bicycle to According to the survey, the Charlotte area’s strengthd included a lower percentage of individuals with diabetes and asthma. Challenges included higher unemploymentt and fewerswimming pools, parks, golf courses and tennis courtsx per capita. The top five metro areas in the reportwere Washington, D.C.; Paul; Denver; Boston; and San Francisco. The bottom five were Las Vegas; Birmingham, Ala.; Detroit; and Oklahoma Okla.

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