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LINKS SEATTLE Seattle has been named the fittest city in the United States in the February issue of Men's Fitness magazine, leaping past the buff com petition from Honolulu, Colorado Springs, San Francisco and Denver.
"Eighty-five percent of Seattle residents get some exercise every month, and that's a really significant thing," Boulton said. The city's jittery love affair with espresso might fuel some of that activity, he noted: " There's not only a lot of it, it's pretty darn strong." In its nonscientific Seventh Annual Fattest and Fittest Cities Report, th e magazine compares 50 cities by weighing 14 factors, including fast foo d restaurants per capita, TV watching, air quality, and parks. In Seattl e, for example, sporting goods stores and gyms outnumber fast food joint s a key statistic.
search) was named the fattest city for the fourth time in fiv e years, followed by Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis and Chicago. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels praised the city's many walking trails and cal led the fitness of his fellow residents "inspirational."
Nickels said he made a New Year's resolution to get in better shape by wa lking with his wife and working out at a gym near City Hall. "It's pretty hard to go more than a few blocks without seeing a gym," Nic kels said. Seattle's claim to the fitness crown makes sense to Doug Sherry and his W heaten Terrier, Bing, who walk the three-mile path around Seattle's Gree n Lake every day, rain or shine. "Everyone I know does something," explained Sherry, 35, who also hits the gym several times a week. "There's lots of good terrain to walk and bik e and hike. You're close to the water, you're close to the mountains." His advice for those seeking to emulate Seattle's healthy ways?
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