Mainframe Fitness teams up with the Partnership for a Healthier America and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to get more Chicago youth and adults active in 2012.

Illinois Adults Tipping the Scale the Wrong Way:"The study, released by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF), reported that Illinois, which ranked the 28th highest in adult obesity last year with a rate of 26.6 percent, weighed in at 27 .7 percent this year, moving our state up to 23rd. Being the pizza capital of the country doesn't help Chicago residents stay slim.

When you combine the adults in Illinois who are either overweight or obese, you get 63.7 percent of the population. And, when it comes to childhood obesity, Illinois’ rate is 20.7 percent, which ties us for fourth worst in the country with Louisiana. That’s disturbing."

http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/07/09/illinois-adults-tipping-the-scale-the-wrong-way/

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