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The American Heart Association, in cooperation with Sperling’s BestPlaces, conducted a study to determine which cities in the US are the most and least heart-friendly for women. The study considered several risk factors for cardiovascular disease including obesity, smoking rates and general health statistics.

And the winner is…

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Among mega cities with a population equal or greater than 1.5 million, St. Paul has “the lowest cardiac mortality and hypertension and highest exercise rates in the country.”

St Paul is follwed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV and San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland, CA.

At the other end if the scale, Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro, TN, sadly, is deemed to be the least heart-friendly city.

For smaller cities, Salt Lake City (UT) and Boulder (CO) top the list.

For a complete list, check out Go Red For Women Ranks America’s Heart Friendly Cities for Women.

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This entry was posted by Science-mom on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 1:49 pm and is filed under Current Events, Health, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

 

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