Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Survival of the fittest

In an attempt to find out which schools ranked highest in terms of fitness I came across this
study done by The Princeton Review and Mens Health Magazine.
The study was conducted in 2005 and ranked the fittest and fattest universitys.
The results;

The Top 20 Fittest Colleges in America

[1] BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

[2] University of California, Santa Barbara

[3] Boston University

[4] University of Vermont

[5] Northwestern University (III.)

[6] University of Colorado, Boulder

[7] University of Notre Dame (Ind.)

[8] University of California, Santa Cruz

[9] University of Wisconsin, Madison

[10] University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

[11] Boston College

[12] Texas Christian University

[13] University of California, Davis

[14] Georgia Institute of Technology

[15] Salisbury University (Md.)

[16] Georgetown University (D.C.)

[17] College of William and Mary (Va.)

[18] College of Charleston (S.C.)

[19] East Carolina University (N.C.)

[20] California State University, Long Beach

The school that rated numero uno happens to be a Mormon school, so that means no drinking, smoking or even caffeine (yeessh). The schools that ranked lowest were;

The Top 20 Fattest Colleges in America

[1] UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, LAFAYETTE

[2] University of New Orleans

[3] Mississippi State University

[4] Southern Illinois University Carbondale

[5] Portland State University (Ore.)

[6] University of North Carolina. Greensboro

[7] Eastern Michigan University

[8] University of Kentucky

[9] SUNY College, Brockport (N.Y.)

[10] University of South Florida

[11] University of Nebraska, Omaha

[12] Seton Hall University (N.J.)

[13] Louisiana State University

[14] Southwest Missouri State University

[15] University of Texas. Dallas

[16] West Chester University of Pennsylvania

[17] University of Cincinnati

[18] Winona State University (Minn.)

[19] University of Maine

[20] Old Dominion University (Va.)

The study went on to rank colleges based on factors such as most athletic;

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

students are required to exercise 5 days a week

all the way down to biggest gainers.

UNION COLLEGE (N.Y.)

who on average gain 20.4 pounds since starting college (ouch)
seems like they could use the Drop Your Freshman 15 e-book

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