SEATTLE, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard®,
a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online
insurance marketplaces released a report states with the most
physically active people. The lack of physical activity with added
stress from the pandemic likely has had a compounding effect on
people who are more physically active.
The benefits of physical activity reach far beyond the physical
portion and play a large role in people's mental health. Without
gyms to attend and with mounting stress of the pandemic, many
physically active people saw a decline in their mental health.
Visit the full report here,
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/most-physically-active-states
Key Findings:
- In 2019, there were 64.2 million U.S. gym memberships, with an
average attendance of 104 days a year per gym goer.
- On average, 76% of Americans have participated in physical
activities in the last month.
- A study on physical activity during stay-at-home orders found
43.8% of participants indicated a decrease in physical
activity
- Nearly 88% of workers reported experiencing moderate to extreme
stress over the first six weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Physical activity and obesity rates are linked to health
conditions like COPD, hypertension and diabetes, which are deemed
high-risk health conditions for serious COVID-19 illness.
Methodology
QuoteWizard analyzed 2018 CDC BRFSS data
to see which states reported more exercise. Rankings are based on
states that reported the highest rate of regular exercise. We then
paired each state's exercise data with obesity rates in each state
to show that a high rate of exercise in a given state correlates to
lower obesity rates.
Rank
|
State
|
% of residents who
exercise
|
% of obese
residents
|
1
|
Colorado
|
83.8
|
22.7
|
2
|
Hawaii
|
80.8
|
25.5
|
3
|
Vermont
|
82.4
|
27.1
|
4
|
Utah
|
82.3
|
28
|
5
|
Washington
|
82.9
|
28.4
|
6
|
California
|
79.2
|
25.6
|
7
|
Idaho
|
80
|
28
|
8
|
Massachusetts
|
78.3
|
25.3
|
9
|
Alaska
|
80.4
|
29.3
|
10
|
Montana
|
78.5
|
26.6
|
11
|
Oregon
|
81.5
|
29.6
|
12
|
Connecticut
|
78.3
|
26.8
|
13
|
Wyoming
|
79.2
|
28.7
|
14
|
New
Hampshire
|
79.3
|
29.4
|
15
|
Minnesota
|
80.1
|
29.6
|
16
|
Arizona
|
78.6
|
29.5
|
17
|
Maine
|
79
|
30.1
|
18
|
Virginia
|
78.8
|
29.9
|
19
|
New
York
|
76.7
|
27.3
|
20
|
Wisconsin
|
79
|
32.1
|
21
|
Rhode
Island
|
75.5
|
27.3
|
22
|
New
Jersey
|
72.3
|
25.1
|
23
|
South
Dakota
|
77
|
29.5
|
24
|
Nevada
|
75.7
|
29.2
|
25
|
New
Mexico
|
78.6
|
32.8
|
26
|
Pennsylvania
|
77
|
30.5
|
27
|
Maryland
|
77.6
|
30.6
|
28
|
Michigan
|
77.2
|
32.4
|
29
|
Illinois
|
76.1
|
31.3
|
30
|
North
Carolina
|
76.9
|
32.5
|
31
|
Kansas
|
78.2
|
34.2
|
32
|
Nebraska
|
76.9
|
33.8
|
33
|
Florida
|
74.2
|
30.5
|
34
|
North
Dakota
|
78.2
|
35.1
|
35
|
Ohio
|
75.7
|
33.6
|
36
|
Iowa
|
78
|
35.1
|
37
|
Georgia
|
74.1
|
32.1
|
38
|
Delaware
|
74.3
|
33
|
39
|
South
Carolina
|
74.3
|
34
|
40
|
Texas
|
74.7
|
34.6
|
41
|
Missouri
|
74.9
|
34.9
|
42
|
Indiana
|
73.6
|
33.8
|
43
|
Oklahoma
|
73.7
|
34.8
|
44
|
Tennessee
|
70.5
|
34.1
|
45
|
West
Virginia
|
74.1
|
39.5
|
46
|
Alabama
|
70.3
|
36.1
|
47
|
Arkansas
|
70.5
|
37.3
|
48
|
Kentucky
|
69.3
|
36.4
|
49
|
Louisiana
|
69.7
|
36.7
|
50
|
Mississippi
|
69.1
|
39.5
|
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