America's Fittest and Fattest Cities

The American College of Sports Medicine's eighth edition of their American Fitness Index was released today. The report ranks the physical fitness levels of 50 major U.S. cities. This year's results find Washington, D.C. as the most fit city in America; Indianapolis, Indiana was at the bottom of the list. From the report,

"The rankings, based on outdoor exercise options and rates of smoking, obesity and diabetes, are designed to be a “call to action” for areas to improve their infrastructures so they promote healthy lifestyles, says Walter Thompson, chair of the AFI advisory board and a professor of kinesiology at Georgia State University."

See the full rankings of all fifty U.S. cities here.

Via USA Today | Image: Barek