My town is making me fat

Very interesting 2004 research paper on “Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars” by the American journal of preventive medicine.

“Measures of the built environment and travel patterns are important predictors of obesity across gender and ethnicity, yet relationships among the built environment, travel patterns, and weight may vary across gender and ethnicity. Strategies to increase land-use mix and distance walked while reducing time in a car can be effective as health interventions.”