According to the Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal…
Minnesota is ranked No. 6 for the second consecutive year in a study of the
nation’s healthiest states.
The article continues…
Minnesota was ranked fourth-best for diabetes, eighth in the rate of smoking, and 14th for obesity.
The report said the state’s strengths are low premature death rates and a low rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease. The study challenged Minnesota on its high prevalence of binge drinking and its low per-capita public health funding.
