Physical Activity Decreases, Causing Mental Health and Obesity Concerns

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Sep 10, 2020, 06:00 ET

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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