Want To Lose Weight, Move To A City
Suburban life makes you fatter according to a new study by Norman Garrick and Wesley Marshall.
In the current Journal of Transport and Health, Garrick and Marshall report that cities with more compact street networks—specifically, increased intersection density—have lower levels of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. The more intersections, the healthier the humans.
“It might not be common for people to explicitly contemplate health when selecting a place to live,” Garrick and Marshall write, “but this research indicates it is worth considering.”
Going to the gym is no substitute for regular walking or biking.
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By: Stuart Shapiro
Stuart is a professor and the Director of the Public Policy
program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. He teaches economics and cost-benefit analysis and studies
regulation in the United States at both the federal and state levels.
Prior to coming to Rutgers, Stuart worked for five years at the Office
of Management and Budget in Washington under Presidents Clinton and
George W. Bush.
4 responses to Want To Lose Weight, Move To A City
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Eric Trommater August 13th, 2014 at 23:35
From personal experience I rate this as true. After moving to my current home I lost 26 lbs just from walking everywhere.
Eric Trommater August 13th, 2014 at 23:35
From personal experience I rate this as true. After moving to my current home I lost 26 lbs just from walking everywhere.
Budda August 14th, 2014 at 10:22
You don’t have to live in a city to walk.
Budda August 14th, 2014 at 10:22
You don’t have to live in a city to walk.