America's 10 most, least fit cities

Arlington, Virginia, just extended its fitness winning streak to nine years. The DC suburb again tops the American College of Sports Medicine's American Fitness Index, which ranks the country's 100 largest cities using 35 indicators, from exercise habits and chronic disease to parks, food insecurity, and air quality. In particular, top-performing cities tend to provide excellent access to parks and walking trails, Dr. Stella Volpe of the ACSM tells WTOP. The best and worst:

10 fittest cities:

・Arlington, Virginia

・Washington, DC

・Minneapolis

・Seattle

・Denver

・San Francisco

・Irvine, California

・Atlanta

・Madison, Wisconsin

・Boston

The bottom 10:

・Tulsa, Oklahoma

・Detroit

・Wichita, Kansas

・Louisville, Kentucky

・Bakersfield, California

・Lubbock, Texas

・Indianapolis

・Port St. Lucie, Florida

・Memphis, Tennessee

・Oklahoma City

See the full rankings and more specifics on why each city ranked where it did. (This content was created with the help of AI. Read our AI policy.)

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