A new ranking of states based on their residents’ health and fitness is out — how does your state stack up?
Taking data from MyFitnessPal, a nutrition-tracking app, and MapMyFitness, an exercise tracker, the ranking highlights the states whose residents best balance exercise and a healthy diet.
People with the healthiest diets:
- stayed within 10% of their daily calorie goals
- met or exceeded their daily fiber goals
- stayed at or below their daily sugar goals
- stayed at or below their daily sodium goals
That info was combined the data on the length, frequency and type of exercise that the state’s residents get.
Who came out on top?
1. California
2. Arizona
3. Colorado
4. Washington
5. Oregon
Which states were the most unhealthy?
1. Rhode Island
2. Maine
3. Hawaii
4. West Virginia
5. South Carolina
Illinois ranked No. 21 healthiest state, with 40 percent of residents near their daily calorie goal and 1.51 workouts a week, on average.
What is California doing right? Working out a little bit more. About 40 percent of Californians were near their calorie goals for the day, but they got 1.71 workouts in a week, on average — and they stayed at the gym for over 80 minutes each session.
For more on the data the apps collected — and to see where you state ranks, check out MapMyFitness.
