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Ohio State is ranked #3.....

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9/23/15 at 5:02p in the Anything Else Forum
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in the top 50 Fittest Colleges in the United States.... You probably though I was talking about football rankings... From the NBC article

The school's nearly 65,000 students have 1,900 acres of campus to roam, and more than 90 of those acres are dedicated to outdoor fitness areas.

Those more inclined to work out inside can take advantage of one of the school's five recreational centers, one of which features two pools, an indoor track and 10 racquetball courts.

The state-of-the-art facilities make going to the gym less of a chore, said Ohio State junior, Ellie Rogers, 21. "It's a pretty regular thing for OSU students to go to the gym as a social activity," she said.

The Big Ten Conference school is, of course, known for its top-tier varsity athletics. The school boasts 37 varsity teams and dozens of club and intramural teams, which are also "really competitive," Rogers said.

But even students who may not like sports or conventional exercise aren't couch — or futon — potatoes. "The campus is huge, so even people who aren't trying to work out are going to walk a couple miles every day just to go to class," Rogers said.

Twenty-five on-campus eateries provide sustenance for all that campus-crossing, and students can carefully choose meal options online with a customizable dietary preferences menu.

Ohio State's interactive menu even includes a handy "Healthy Buckeye" option that highlights all meals with less than 600 calories and no more than 800 milligrams of sodium. Nutritional and ingredient information is available for every one of the school's hundreds of food offerings.

I can truly attest to the fact that with the large campus, Ohio State has and the walks from south to north, the shear amount of walking you do is enough to burn plenty of calories. And #1 is Virginia Tech but we showed them on the field. 

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