Healthiest Airports For Your Holiday Travels

FitSugar — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:30:00 PST

Many of us are still traveling for the holidays. Whether it is on our way home or back out for a fun New Year's trip, we're spending lots of time in airports. The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine has rated some of the nation's top airports in terms of health. Each airport's score was determined by dividing the number of restaurants offering at least one healthful option by the total number of restaurants - a restaurant was rated as healthful if it served at least one low-fat, high-fiber, cholesterol-free breakfast, lunch, or dinner entrée.

To see if an airport you'll be visiting makes the list, just

Here are the top ten healthiest airports and how they measure up:
Airport	Score	Healthy Restaurants/ Total Restaurants
1. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	94%	89/95
2. (tie) Chicago O’Hare International Airport	93%	81/87
2. (tie) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	93%	56/60
3. (tie) Los Angeles International Airport	89%	50/56
4. Denver International Airport	84%	41/49
5. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	82%	46/56
6. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport	81%	47/58
7. San Francisco International Airport	77%	46/60
8. (tie) Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport	84%	49/58
8. John F. Kennedy International Airport	76%	62/82
9. Las Vegas McCarran International Airport	75%	33/44
10. Orlando International Airport	73%	29/40

If you really want to be healthy in the airport, you should also check out getting a flu shot at the airport and what (if any) airport gyms are available.

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