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Obesity,Sprawl and Poverty, Part 2
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 4:31pmLast week, I blogged about the relationship between sprawl and poverty, using metro Atlanta as an example. I showed that in Fulton and DeKalb Counties (the two most urban, transit-friendly counties in the region) the obesity rate was only slightly higher than the poverty rate, while in more su... read more »
Another Way To Measure the Sprawl/Obesity Relationship
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 07/12/2013 - 6:49pmOne dispute in the literature about sprawl and obesity is whether the impact of sprawl is significant compared to the impact of social class. It could be argued that obesity is primarily a function of poverty and lack of education, rather than of automobile dependency.
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Part of What We Don't Know About Sprawl and Obesity
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/07/2013 - 12:59pmNumerous studies (such as the one referenced here) have suggested that there is some connection between sprawl and obesity, because residents of sprawl walk less and are thus more likely to weigh more.
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Sprawl and Obesity, Part 2
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 6:38pmAfter yesterday's post on obesity in New York, I thought I would do some more research comparing obesity in cities and suburbs, focusing on central cities that (a) were coterminous with their counties (so I could find obesity statistics for cities alone) and (b) were sufficiently transit-oriented an... read more »
Sprawl and Obesity: NYC as a case study
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 9:22pmThe City Data web page contains, among other things, county-by-county statistics on obesity. Because each New York borough is a county, I thought that looking at New York might be more informative than looking at other metro areas where a county can include a wide range of cities and suburbs.... read more »
We Are No Longer Creating Wellbeing
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Mon, 12/13/2010 - 2:29pmTake a look at this piece on the ASLA blog discussing the work of Richard Jackson and his thoughts on urban planning and obesity. Jackson, Chair of the School of Health at UCLA, cites several aspects of how we develop our cities as negtively impacting public health.
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Walkable neighborhoods and subways may be why Washington DC is a leader in fighting obesity.
Submitted by Luke Hogan on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 4:51pmA New York Times article about the American obesity epidemic suggests that smart city planning can impact the health of residents. Of course, merely sitting on a train doesn't make people thin (although I think many of us wish it would!).
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Sprawling on Fumes: Book by Forbes writer explores life at $20 per gallon — and sees upside to end of cheap motoring
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:55pmKai Ryssdal had an ear-opening interview on public radio's Marketplace this week with Chris Steiner, Forbes w
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Obesity-Walkability-New Urbanism Link
Submitted by crandell on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 11:51amIt seems more and more studies these days are making the connection between the built environment and health, and pointing to the challenge we face in improving our communities.
Two recent news stories are a case in point. One covers a study that found a link between gas prices and obesity. Higher... read more »