Press Release-Highest Rates of Physical Inactivity

 CDC-Reports on Physical Inactivity

 "Areas where residents are most likely to be active in their free time are the West Coast, Colorado, Minnesota and parts of the Northeast."

"States where residents are the least likely to be physically active during leisure time are Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee. In those states, physical inactivity rates are 29.2 percent or greater for more than 70 percent of the counties."

 "Physical activity is crucial to managing diabetes and reducing serious complications of the disease,"


Interactive map: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(you can break it down by state and county to see how your area)

County Level Estimates of Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity — U.S. Maps 

2008 Age-Adjusted Estimates of the Percentage of Adults^† Who Are Physically Inactive

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Diabetes Surveillance System.
Available online at: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/default.aspx. Retrieved 2/18/2011.