Health : The Atlantic: East Coast Brains Are Healthiest, Report Says

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East Coast Brains Are Healthiest, Report Says Mar 11th 2014, 16:30, by Julie Beck Is your state nourishing your brain? Do you feel that your home is appropriately tending to your neurons, allowing them to flourish and grow? Sometimes my brain feels foggy at the end of the day, can I blame Washington, D.C. for that? America's Brain Health Index, released Monday, looks at four factors that contribute to brain health—diet, social well-being, physical health, and mental health—and compares each state (plus the District of Columbia) to the national average. The map above shows whether each state is above, below, or just average overall. The index was created by DSM Nutritional Products (a company which supplies vitamins and other food additives to various industries) along with Cleveland Clinic chief wellness officer and friend-of-Dr. Oz Dr. Michael Roizen, and Dr. Majid Fotuhi, the founder of NeurExpand Brain Center. Within those four categories, the report gathered data on specific indicators such as state education rankings, obesity rates, the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and "serious psychological distress," smoking rates and so on. Much of the data came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Alzheimer's Association, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among other places. A major source for the "social well-being" category was the Civic Life Index, put out by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which looks at people's rates of voting and volunteerism. Based on these criteria, the top 10 states/regions for brain health are: Maryland Washington Colorado Connecticut Alaska District of Columbia Vermont New York New Hampshire Georgia Notably, six out of the 10 are on the East Coast. The index is part of a national health campaign called Beautiful Minds, and you can see how your state stacks up in each of the four categories with this interactive map on the campaign's site. Here are the states that excel at having a healthy diet: Beautiful Minds At physical fitness: Beautiful Minds At mental health: Beautiful Minds And at social well-being: Beautiful Minds Some other takeaways from these maps: It looks like the South is the place if you want to be involved in your community, and if you're looking to get buff, you should really consider the West Coast. Or Minnesota.

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