U.S. cities that most prize healthy living

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Which American cities exude the healthiest aura? Cooking Light magazine has issued a top 20 list, based on criteria that range from the availability of organic cuisine to the locals’ propensity for exercise. (CNN.com posted the magazine’s write-up.) It’s unsurprising that outdoorsy, local-food-conscious cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., are atop the list. But who’d have thought Milwaukee, with its beer-and-bratwurst image, would crack the top 10? (It’s No. 8.) Likewise Philadelphia (No. 9), with its cheese-steak sandwiches and doughy pretzels (and cream cheese!).

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