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Here’s how Atlanta ranks among America’s healthiest cities

Yoga emphasizes physical poses as well as breathing and meditation.
Yoga emphasizes physical poses as well as breathing and meditation.
Fiza Pirani
By Fiza Pirani
Feb 15, 2017

A new ranking on the nation's healthiest cities by personal finance website WalletHub lists Atlanta among the top 25 in the nation.

To come up with the 2017 list, WalletHub analysts examined America’s 150 most populous cities and compared each based on four key dimensions: health care, food, fitness and green space. These dimensions were then evaluated using 34 relevant metrics.

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For example, health care scores were weighed based on metrics such as premature death rates, cost of medical and dental visits, quality of public hospital systems and more.

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And lastly, the green space dimension was measured by parks, hiking and running trails per capita and several other metrics.

Atlanta, which came in at No. 21, is one of three Georgia cities on the list. Unfortunately, the other Georgia cities—Augusta and Columbus—ranked low on the list at No. 141 and No. 126 respectively.