Overview

Houston Mayor Bill White formed the Mayor’s Wellness Council and launched the Get Moving Houston fitness campaign in 2005 to address Houston’s ranking by Men’s Fitness magazine as the “Fattest City in America."  SInce then, Houston has improved its position in the Men’s Fitness rankings and, in 2008, dropped to Number 10.

For an update on the committee's progress, please see the letter from Herb Lipsman to Neal Boulton, editor-in-chief, Men’s Fitness Magazine, on January 9, 2007.

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