Journal Staff Report
OK, guys: Stand up straight. Now look down. Stop holding your breath!
If your belly doesn't block the view of your toes, you may be contributing to Men's Fitness magazine's ranking of Albuquerque as the 10th fittest city in the country.
The ranking for 2005 is based on a host of measures, including the number of fitness centers, health food stores, parks (all good), bars, fast food outlets and ice cream shops (ba-a-a-d) for the size of the population.
It also takes a look at surveys that show what we eat, how much we exercise, how much alcohol we consume, how much TV we watch and how long we sit behind the wheel driving to work.
Other factors take into account access to outdoor recreation (the Sandias), air quality (the brown cloud) and climate (sunshine!) that make us want to go outside and play.
Albuquerque got its highest grades in geography and participation in sports and exercise.
Its lowest grades came in nutrition (apparently we're not eating our fruits and vegetables— doesn't green chile count?) and climate.
What? Climate? Elements of climate considered include number of days above 30 degrees and below 90, amount of precipitation and sunshine, and the August heat/humidity index.
Maybe it just gets too hot.
AED 
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