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Driving Obesity

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Peter Jacobsen
2 June 2004 - 9:00am

How people with long commutes add weight.

"A study of more than 10,500 Atlanta-area residents shows a strong link between time spent driving and obesity, said Lawrence Frank, the lead author and a professor at the University of British Columbia. People who can walk to stores and restaurants are less likely to be obese than their counterparts living in more sprawling areas."

Full Story: Weight: Long commutes add pounds, subtract exercise time
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 31, 2004
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All of that only scratches the surface of what's wrong with this study. The idea that complex urban development patterns and human behavior can be meaningfully studied according to one primary criteria — density — is wrong from the start.
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