The 2010 Men’s Health revealed the Fittest/Fattest Cities in the nation. To my disappointment the city I love so much and living in Kansas City is ranked 6th this year as Top Fattest City.
It makes me sad that with something I have so much passion for fitness/health my city is going to die quicker, more prone to heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The saddest part about this is that it’s all controllable. It’s what we are putting in our mouth and the activities we choose to do. This is not acceptable, what are we teaching our children? That it’s ok to eat unhealthy weight gaining foods on a daily basis, that’s its ok to not be as active. I got word that they are trying to Pull P.E. out of the schools for budget reasons, Are you kidding me, they do this and our obesity rates will go up even higher.
Childhood Obesity (age 2-12) has risen to a staggering 20% and more then 1/3 of adults are obese. The center of Disease Control and Prevention showed that Obesity related disease caused the most deaths in America in 2009; these numbers well only go up if YOU do not take action.
Number of deaths for leading causes of death• Heart disease: 631,636
• Cancer: 559,888
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 137,119
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,583
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 121,599
• Diabetes: 72,449
• Alzheimer’s disease: 72,432
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,326
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 45,344
• Septicemia: 34,234
Top 10 fattest Cities
1. Corpus Christi, TX
2. Charleston, WV
3 El Paso, TX
4. Dallas, TX
5. Memphis, TN
6. Kansas City, MO
7. San Antonio, TX
8. Baltimore, MD
9. Houston, TX
10. Birmingham, AL
Top 10 Fittest Cities
1. Burlington, VT
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Washington, DC
4. Seattle, WA
5. Austin, TX, NM
6. Albuquerque
7. Portland, OR
8. Cincinnati, OH
9. Denver, CO
10. Aurora, CO
TO SEE WHERE YOUR CITY RANKS CLICK BELOW
http://www.menshealth.com/fattestcities2010/
Some people get the misconception that being obese is about how much you weight. Being obese is about how much body fat you have in your body regardless of what you weight. So a 28 year old woman weighting 135 lbs at 5’7” with 33% body fat is Obese even though she is thin. Focus on your body fat not your scale and you will become healthier faster.
Obese Woman 32% or above
Obese Man- 25% or above
You can get tested at your local gym using bodyfat calipers
So How Can Your city get more FIT? It starts with YOU. You must make the choices in your household and control what is being eaten, what you and your family are doing for activities and make sure that your children are living the lifestyle that will set them up for a promising future. All these things are controllable. You do not want to wait till it’s too late to make this change. Do it for yourself. Do it for your family.
Fitness- Try and get in 30-45 minutes of cardio daily and 3-4 days of weights. Find something you love doing and do a lot of it… JUST MOVE
Nutrition- Stick with healthy Carbohydrate, Proteins and Fats.
Drink ¾- 1 gallon of water daily, cut all your sugar and fast food out of your diet
Lifestyle- Make each day the best day you can make it through positive choice making and cutting out the negative people, places and things in your life. This will set you up for success
Have a wonderful week
Micah LaCerte and Diana Chaloux
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