Cholesterol Levels Regulated by Brain
06/08/2010 – 5:38 AM | 4 Comments

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered that ghrelin increases cholesterol levels in mice.
Ghrelin is a hormone that tells our brains we are hungry. In another experiment, cholesterol increased in mice when …

Read the full story »
Beauty

Diet

Nutrition

Sexuality

Sport

Home » News

Which City Is America’s Fittest?

Submitted by Mensvita on 05/26/2009 No Comment |

flag_usaWhich City Is America’s Fittest? Washington, D.C., tops the American College of Sports Medicine’s new list of America’s fittest cities.

The list is based on personal factors — including the percentage of residents who smoke, are obese, get regular physical activity, eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and have conditions such as diabetes and heart disease — and on local resources, such as parks, farmers’ markets, number of primary health care providers, and crime rates.

Data came from sources including the CDC, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the nonprofit Trust for the Public Land.

Here is how the cities ranked:

1. Washington, D.C.

2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Denver
4. Boston
5. San Francisco

Read more: http://www.webmd.com

Related Posts with Thumbnails


Related Posts:

Leave a comment!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.

You can use these tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

This is a Gravatar-enabled weblog. To get your own globally-recognized-avatar, please register at Gravatar.