Portland: Best City to Have a Baby

- First Annual Report Hits Newsstands January 25th -

                    - Portland, Oregon Takes Top Honors -

          Report answers what makes a city great for pregnant women,

                            new parents and babies

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland takes top honors in Fit

Pregnancy's "Best Cities in America to Have a Baby Report."  Boston comes in

at #2, followed by Minneapolis at #3, San Francisco at #4 and Denver at #5.

Also in the Top Ten: Seattle; Omaha; Charlotte; Colorado Springs and

Sacramento.

    Fit Pregnancy set out to determine what makes a city great for pregnant

women, new parents and babies, and to commend cities that provide a safe and

healthy environment to have a baby.  The magazine examined 47 criteria,

including: fertility services; maternal and infant health risk; access to

hospitals and doctors; safety; affordability; stroller friendliness and

birthing options. The complete list of the "Best Cities in America to Have a

Baby" appears in the February/March issue of Fit Pregnancy, on-sale January

25th.

    Fit Pregnancy's team of researchers and experts credit several factors for

Portland's spot as the "Best City in America to Have a Baby," including the

city's low maternal mortality rate, above average number of OB-GYNs, and small

number of low-weight births.

    The 20 "Best Cities in America to Have a Baby:"

    1.  Portland, OR

    2.  Boston, MA

    3.  Minneapolis, MN

    4.  San Francisco, CA

    5.  Denver, CO

    6.  Seattle, WA

    7.  Omaha, NE

    8.  Charlotte, NC

    9.  Colorado Springs, CO

    10. Sacramento, CA

    11. Baltimore, MD

    12. San Diego, CA

    13. Oakland, CA

    14. Cleveland, OH

    15. San Jose, CA

    16. Columbus, OH

    17. Milwaukee, WI

    18. Nashville, TN

    19. Atlanta, GA

    20. Miami, FL

    American Media, Inc. is one of the largest media companies in the U.S. and

the leading publisher of celebrity journalism, health and fitness and Spanish

language magazines. These include the all new glossy Celebrity Living magazine,

Star, Shape, Men's Fitness, MPH, Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Flex,

Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health magazines, the largest newsstand Latino

magazines, Mira! and Shape En Espanol. The National Enquirer, the best selling

country music magazine, Country Weekly; and the QUICK! family of digests,

which focuses on the issues of family, finance, food, diet, health, home, pets

and relationships.  AMI recently launched its own book division with 10 titles

released to date.  In addition to print properties, AMI owns Distribution

Services, Inc., the country's #1 in-store magazine merchandising company.

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