Friday, January 6, 2012

San Jose Nation's Healthiest City!!

Great job my friends and neighbors!!! Keep smoking and Obesity to minimum (min ==> 0) and enjoying one of the best outdoor weather of the Nation or almost entire Universe ;-) Little bit of exaggeration is okay on this occasion.. I Guess..

It is time to move to San Jose, fortunately, real estate is one of the lowest at this time but news like this will shoot it up soon.. so hurry up.. start packing and move to San Jose in California (not in South America)

Cheers!!!

Here is the detailed news for your reference from our local news paper:

A FIT POPULATION

Magazine says San Jose nation’s healthiest city


Toomany smokers drops Santa Cruz to second place


By Jondi Gumz


 


San Jose folks apparently are a healthy bunch, so much
 so that The Atlantic ranked the city as the most healthy metropolitan area in the nation.

If Santa Cruz had a smaller percentage of smokers, it could have beaten San Jose for the No. 1 spot.

The rankings were calculated
 by Richard Florida, The Atlantic columnist and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, based on the level of smoking and obesity in 315 regions using data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The agency estimates that smoking and obesity generate
 health costs exceeding $300 billion a year.

Obesity is measured by body mass index, a metric calculation based on height and weight and 30
 signifies obese. You can do your own calculation at www. nhlbisupport. com/ bmi/.

Santa Cruz’s share of smokers is 11 percent, and its share of obesity is 18 percent.

San Jose’s share of obesity
 is 19.1 percent, but its share of smokers is 9.8 percent.

Coastal California fared quite well, with Napa, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo County, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, Salinas and San Diego in the top 15.

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