COLORADO RESIDENTS THINNEST IN 48 STATES.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times After the holidays, people across the country realize they have a little more around the middle than they want, but there is a little less of it on Coloradans. People in Colorado are the thinnest, on average, of those in any of the contiguous states. A study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. and state health departments has found that only 19.9 percent of Coloradans are overweight, compared with the median of 26.7 for the nation. Hawaii was the only other state where residents are as thin, with 19.7 being overweight. The researchers used 1994 data, the latest available, from a sample telephone survey and a measurement known as body mass index to determine whether a person was overweight. Body mass index is found by dividing weight in kilograms (2.2 pounds) by height in meters squared. For example, a 5-foot-4-inch woman who weighs 145 pounds has a body mass index of 25. Women whose body mass index, or BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. , was over 27.3, and men with a BMI over 27.8, were considered overweight in the study. In five states - Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. and Wisconsin - 30 percent or more of the adult population was overweight. In New York State, the figure was 26.5 percent while in New Jersey it was slightly more than 24 percent and in Connecticut it was slightly under 24 percent. Fitness experts in Colorado said that there was no one reason for the leanness of the state's residents, but that relatively good weather and the abundance of recreational activities, many of them related to the mountains, surely helped. ``There is a largely transplanted population here, and a lot of people move here for the lifestyle,'' said Dr. Robert Eckel, professor of Medicine and Physiology physiology (fĭzēŏl`əjē), study of the normal functioning of animals and plants during life and of the activities by which life is maintained and transmitted. It is based fundamentally on the activities of protoplasm. at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) is part of the University of Colorado System. It has recently been merged with the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) to form the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. . ``That life style means being outdoors more often and being more physically active.'' Hawaii seems to have a lot of the same qualities as Colorado, said Dr. Joel Hannah, a professor of physiology at the University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. . ``There is a high level of physical activity here,'' he said, ``and because the weather is so nice, people can be outside and exercise more.'' |
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