And biking seems to be one reason. *^*^*^* [Quote] "Why such a lofty ranking? Because Madison women like to exercise.
"Women in this Midwestern college town find more time to get fit than anywhere else we looked," the magazine said. "85 percent of them get regular exercise outside of work." The exercise craze pays off. "Their efforts have them looking great, earning one of the lowest average body-mass indexes of all areas we analyzed," the magazine said. "More important, they feel great, with cancer and heart disease mortality rates that are roughly 15 percent lower than the average." One of the favorite exercises cited in Madison is bike riding. "Women here are 250 percent more likely than women elsewhere to pedal to work," the magazine said." [end quote] *^*^*^ I do have to wonder about their calculations of body mass index, although I suppose averaging all the students into the equation helps. Cap times article here: http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/health_med_fit/article_b3f39c1c-cd56-11de-b517-001cc4c002e0.html Madison's section of the original article linked below including more info on biking as part of being healthy in Madison: http://www.self.com/health/2009/11/healthy-city-madison Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
