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

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.

Metrics such as healthy restaurants per capita, obesity statistics and others were considered for the food dimension.

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Fitness was measured by metrics like fitness clubs per capita, cost of memberships 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.

The metro ranked second among the nation’s 150 most populous cities in the fitness dimension.

Here’s a breakdown of how Atlanta ranked among the cities in each dimension:

The top 10 healthiest cities, according to WalletHub:

More about the study and its methodology.