Leelanau is third healthiest county in nation

From staff reports

The accolades and attention continue to bless Leelanau County — and our summer season is still over seven weeks away.

A University of Wisconsin study published today named ours as the third healthiest county in the United States — behind Los Alamos County, N.M., and Colorado’s Douglas County. That means we’re the fittest Americans east of the Mississippi River!

Leelanau leapfrogged Ottawa County in southeast Michigan for the claim to the healthiest county in the state. Ottawa won in 2011. View the statewide results here.

The rankings uses factors including health behavior, clinical care, social and economic factors and physical environment. Measures also include the number of fast food restaurants in a county (Leelanau County has none!) and physical inactivity levels.

The study was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To view the rankings, visit www.countyhealthrankings.org.

This GlenArbor.com story was sponsored by the Yarn Shop.