BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts made the highest three in a brand new examine revealing the healthiest states in the USA.
The net health useful resource, Complete Form, carried out the examine by analyzing knowledge on numerous well being indicators in every state. Gymnasium memberships, quantity of gyms per 100,000 folks, the proportion of grownup people who smoke, and weight problems charges in every state had been a number of of the symptoms analyzed.
Massachusetts was ranked the third healthiest state within the examine. The analysis discovered that 12 p.c of adults within the state smoke, making it one of many states with the bottom proportion of grownup people who smoke. The weight problems fee was 25 p.c with 16 gyms per 100,000 folks, the examine stated. Whereas the Bay State was stated to have among the healthiest and most energetic folks within the nation, researchers discovered there are additionally 74 fast-food eating places per 100,000 folks.
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California got here in first place because the healthiest state in America. The examine discovered that Californians have the bottom variety of people who smoke and proportion of individuals with weight problems. California does have probably the most fast-food eating places of any state with over 30,000 eating places, the examine revealed.
Connecticut was named the second healthiest state, regardless of it being the house to the primary burger restaurant in America in 1895. The state additionally has 19 gyms per 100,000 folks. Vermont was additionally listed excessive on the checklist with the fewest fast-food eating places per inhabitants and 16 gyms per 100,000 folks.
WBZ’s Charlie Bergeron has extra:
