What's Good
- Mayor Mufi Hannemann sets a positive example, exercising as much as 4 days per week.
- Hannemann also participates in more fitness-related events than most mayors.
- According to the CDC, 21 percent of residents in Honolulu area are clinically obese. The national average is 23.17 percent.
- Air quality here is among the best of any city in our survey, according to EPA air quality standards.
- Honolulu's climate makes it relatively easy to get out and be active. In a comparison of sunny days, moderate temperatures and humidity, we ranked it 8th best of all cities.
- Residents don't have far to go to get to their local parks: Honolulu has 289 municipal parks, among the most of any city on a per capita basis, according to our exclusive survey of municipal park departments.
- Health-food stores are plentiful in Honolulu: There's one for every 5,241 residents, handily beating the national average of 12,441.
- Basketball courts are practically everywhere here, among the highest number per capita in our survey. There's a court here for every 1,850 residents; the national average is one court per 7,260 people.
- Golfers can choose from 6 public courses. Relative to population, that's more than almost anywhere else we surveyed.
- Feel like hitting the public pool for a morning swim? You'll have better luck finding an open lane here than in most cities. Honolulu has one pool for every 19,861 residents - 59 percent less crowded than average in our survey.
- There are 68 percent more tennis courts per capita here than average among cities in our survey.
- Our survey has found 87 percent more sporting-goods stores in Honolulu than average, a good indicator of an active populace.
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What Isn't
- Binge drinking is more common here than most other places. In a national survey 18 percent of residents admitted they'd had five or more drinks at a sitting over the past 30 days. The average among cities in our survey is 14.74 percent.
- Prefer to lift weights 12 ounces at a time? You'll fit in better in Honolulu than in most places. Per capita, there are 26 percent more bars here than the national average in our survey.
- The number of heavy drinkers here is high: Honolulu has 12 percent more than average and the, 8th highest in our survey.
- Fast food, widely implicated as a contributor to obesity, is more common in Honolulu than most places in our survey. In a per capita comparison there are 43 percent more fast-food joints here than average.
- Although many other states participate in a CDC-sponsored program to reduce obesity and other chronic diseases, Hawaii doesn't.
- Ice cream shops are 46 percent more popular in Honolulu than average.
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