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America’s Healthiest Cities

Last week, Adam McCann released a list of America’s Healthiest cities. He compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 41 indicators that are summarized in 4 categories - healthcare, food, fitness and green space. The data set includes items like the cost of a medical visit, fruit and vegetable consumption and the percentage of physically active adults in the city. Adam’s review of the data found the healthiest city to be:

#1 Healthiest City: San Francisco

San Francisco has the lowest share of obese adults in the country, spends more per capita on parks and recreation than any other major city and has the healthiest restaurants in the country.

How can we use Adam’s list of heathy cities to inspire us?

1 - Eat healthy and get out in nature. Of the 4 categories, SF ranked #1 in 2 of them - food and green space. Ranking #1 in both food and green space helped the city ascend to the #1 overall ranking for healthiest US city. Just like San Francisco, we can all benefit from eating healthy food and spending time in nature.

2 - Choose your environment carefully: Average swimmers go faster with the tide than Michael Phelps can swim upstream. Whether or not your city is ranked near the top of the list of healthiest cities, access to high-quality healthcare, green spaces, recreation centers, and healthy food can make it easier to live a healthy life.

3 - Regardless of where you live, it is on you: Despite being the #1 healthiest city, San Francisco still has over 7,000 homeless people. While your environment can enhance or detract from your lifestyle, it is on all of us to make the most of our situations.

Have a great week!