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Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

California is not one of the “Laziest States” in the nation according to the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  In their recent report, 2010 State
Indicators on Physical Activity, it examines a number of characteristics related
to fitness – both behavioral indicators, such as how often do you exercise to
policy and environmental indicators such as how many parks and playgrounds are
there in a state. Scores are tallied on a variety of items than indexed from
laziest to least lazy.

The following identifies the laziest states; it is followed by the least lazy states. 
The national average is 64.5.  California is in the middle of the ranking at 66.7.

Laziest States
1. Tennessee     51.8
2. Louisiana       56.0
3. Mississippi     57.2
4. Kentucky       57.9
5. Alabama        59.0
6. N. Carolina     60.0
7. Arkansas       62.1
8. West Virginia 62.2
9. Nevada          62.5
10. Oklahoma    62.6

Least Lazy States
1 Vermont             73.3
2. Alaska              72.52. 
3. Montana            72.4
4. Maine               71.3
5. Colorado           70.9 tie
    Wyoming          70.9 tie
6. Idaho                70.7 tie
   Wisconsin         70.7 tie
7. Oregon             70.6
8. Hawaii              70.4
9. New Hampshire 70.0 

For further information see the following:
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/PA_State_Indicator_Report_2010.pdf

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.