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The Suburbs Made Us Fat
The Atlantic Magazine ^ | August 13, 2014 | James Hamblin

Posted on 08/14/2014 4:01:39 AM PDT by CW_Conservative

People in dense cities are thinner and have healthier hearts than people in sprawling subdivisions.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda21; obesity
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Yes, as long as we live on top of one another, we can live forever.
1 posted on 08/14/2014 4:01:39 AM PDT by CW_Conservative
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To: CW_Conservative

I call BS.
Any time I’m in NYC, I end up with congested lungs and shortness of breath.


2 posted on 08/14/2014 4:02:25 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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Correlation does not imply causation


3 posted on 08/14/2014 4:03:34 AM PDT by Reaganez
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To: CW_Conservative
People in dense cities are thinner and have healthier hearts than people in sprawling subdivisions.

Too broke to eat?

4 posted on 08/14/2014 4:06:01 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Caipirabob

“Too broke to eat?”

We have a winner!


5 posted on 08/14/2014 4:08:23 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: CW_Conservative
Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (47.8%) followed by Hispanics (42.5%), non-Hispanic whites (32.6%), and non-Hispanic Asians (10.8%).

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

6 posted on 08/14/2014 4:10:39 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: CW_Conservative

Running from crooks and robbers will keep you in shape!


7 posted on 08/14/2014 4:13:11 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Caipirabob

Running for their lives from the local muggers. Lots of calories burned there.


8 posted on 08/14/2014 4:13:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: CW_Conservative

Why is it that liberals imagine some sort of utopia would result if we were all crammed into cities? I’ve seen many articles extolling some benefit of city living. Of course, they would love to cram us all into cities, like sardines.

In the suburbs, you don’t have to be subjected to pollution and filth any time you step out of your cramped apartment, and you don’t have to worry as much about crime. Plus, you have the chance to actually get to know your neighbors.


9 posted on 08/14/2014 4:13:34 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Caipirabob

Drug addicts are all thin….


10 posted on 08/14/2014 4:13:36 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: CW_Conservative

I don’t eat suburbs.


11 posted on 08/14/2014 4:13:47 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

As do running crooks and robbers.


12 posted on 08/14/2014 4:17:49 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: CW_Conservative

I know I’ve been commuting in/out of Chicago - tried to start my workout that been really successful - but after waging war with dense traffic and spending all day in the office - I’m too tried and prep the next day before going to bed...an endless cycle.

Now, on the flip side. Not living in a big city and being able to come home from work within 10 minutes - I have time and energy to devote to working out. So it depends on ones motivation and time. I think a home gym is better, most cost beneficial, and will be used more than joining a gym.

The people I work with that live a few blocks down...they have a gum in their building and use it regularly - because there’s really nothing else to do...other than go out and drink...options, location, and desire rule if one is obese or not - living in a big city doesn’t do it - IMHO


13 posted on 08/14/2014 4:18:01 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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I was part of a study that compared health behaviors in the U.S. and Italy—where people eat pasta and drink wine long into the night and never die.

Tell that to Mrs. Michael Corleone.
14 posted on 08/14/2014 4:18:39 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: CW_Conservative

Another liberal BS study to cram ppl into cities. The more ppl that are out of the suburbs and and rural areas the more libs rule our lives.


15 posted on 08/14/2014 4:30:09 AM PDT by paltz
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To: CW_Conservative

He doesn’t spend much time at the welfare center I reckon.

Seen a 300lb man sitting at a grocery store entrance one day with a sign claiming will work for food, just sayin.


16 posted on 08/14/2014 4:33:49 AM PDT by damncat
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To: CW_Conservative

He doesn’t spend much time at the welfare center I reckon.

Seen a 300lb man sitting at a grocery store entrance one day with a sign claiming will work for food, just sayin.


17 posted on 08/14/2014 4:36:08 AM PDT by damncat
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“Yes, as long as we live on top of one another, we can live forever.”

But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, who would want to?

18 posted on 08/14/2014 4:36:11 AM PDT by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: Ken H

Can CDC identify exactly WHO are the Hispanic Asians?

Since they made a big deal about non-Hispanic Asians.


19 posted on 08/14/2014 4:36:24 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Robert DeLong

….dang good point!


20 posted on 08/14/2014 4:36:49 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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