Far from fittest.

Men's Fitness magazine has ranked America's fittest and fattest cities, and when their people looked at Los Angeles, they did not really like what they saw. L.A. was ranked No. 22 on the fittest list.

The mag grants the city only a few bragging rights: There are half as many doughnut shops as Long Beach, which managed to rank No. 20 in spite of that. Statewide tobacco regulations benefit both cities, though.

L.A. takes its hits for several reasons: The horrendous rush hour traffic. Few gyms. Poor air quality.

Men's Fitness gave cities around the nation grades on non-smoking (L.A. got an A); drinking (A-); climate (A); parks (D); gyms (F) and other factors. The gym grade comes because of lack of quantity rather than quality. Miami, it is noted, has about 10 times as many gyms per capita.

As a result, Los Angeles isn't competitive with the fittest cities: Honolulu (No. 1), Seattle (No. 2), and San Francisco (No. 3.) It could be worse, though: It could be on the list of fattest cities, along with Houston (No. 1), Chicago (No. 2) and Detroit (No. 3).