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News : SIUC named fourth of fattest universities
The Southern - Carbondale,IL,USA, September 11 2005 --Southern Illinois University Carbondale is on one magazine's list of fattest schools. The Carbondale campus ranks fourth behind the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of New Orleans and Mississippi State University.
The survey asked if students had gained weight during college, if they work out regularly and what types of campus facilities or services support - or discourage - healthy habits.
Brigham Young University, probably best known for its regular ranking near the bottom when it comes to party schools, has earned a new distinction: fittest college campus.
The ranking comes courtesy of Men's Fitness magazine, which earlier this year went in search of the fittest and fattest schools. Working with the Princeton Review, Men's Fitness surveyed more than 10,000 university students from 660 campuses and released its rankings in its October issue, which hit newsstands this week.
Along with BYU at the top of the fittest ist are the University of California, Santa Barbara; Boston University; University of Vermont and Northwestern University.
Men's Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said the survey found that college students are "eager to balance Animal House practices with a fit lifestyle."
Although the survey isn't scientific, Boulton believes it paints a profile of fit campus environments that can be instructive for their chubbier counterparts.
Schools with the highest rankings for fitness, for example, provided healthy meal programs, good access to fitness education and facilities - including fitness trainers and rehabilitation support for injury recovery - and high campus safety rates. Most also mandated at least some physical education courses as requirements for graduation.
BYU's administration had little to say about the ranking, however. Spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said the school was "pleased that BYU students are recognized for being healthy, active and physically fit," but she didn't have much more to say about praise from a magazine that sometimes features bare-chested men and bikini-clad women.
Students were more enthusiastic.
"It's nice to be known for something other than not being a party school," said sophomore Lisa Horton, 19, who says she gained the "freshman 15" and now is jogging daily with a roommate.
(source : www.southernillinoisan.com)
