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This Doesn’t Surprise Me at All

Recent research shows that obesity is on the rise among children in the rural U.S.

And they needed a study to come to this conclusion?

Here’s why I think this is unfortunately the case. When I’ve had to travel out of Manhattan for work, I’ve noticed that in other cities/towns, almost all there is in the way of restaurants are fast food chains. The same holds true for airports. There have been times when I’ve had to take flights either very early in the morning or late at night. And what choices are there at those odd hours in airports? Fast food chains. In fact, when I was out last night with friends, fellow NYC blogger Karol commented on this as well.

Another contributing factor, in my opinion is the way some cities are laid out. Some places have almost no sidewalks for walking. I guess it’s just assumed that people will drive everywhere.

I think that if there were more places serving fresh food, not smothered in trans fats, salt, sugar, and high fructose corn syrup, along with cities conducive to pedestrians (like Manhattan) there would be much less obesity.

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Posted March 17th, 2005 under Health. RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “This Doesn’t Surprise Me at All”

  1. John from WuzzaDem Says:
    March 17th, 2005 at 5:26 pm

    Wow! Nice digs, Zelda. I really like the design.

  2. Zelda Says:
    March 17th, 2005 at 7:27 pm

    Thanks John. Glad you like it.

  3. Ron Says:
    March 17th, 2005 at 9:46 pm

    Zelda,

    Let me play devil’s advocate with you for a second. What are you going to do about the dearth of healthy food? I mean, do you want to have some government regulation?

    Anyway, rural areas in many parts of the U.S. are getting depopulated. There aren’t as many people for restaurants to serve, particularly in the upper Midwest.

    If you get to DC, there are plenty of healthy places to eat! ;-)

    Ron

  4. Zelda Says:
    March 17th, 2005 at 9:59 pm

    Ron,

    This is not about government regulation at all. It’s about people being smart about what they put into their bodies. Fast food chains do aggressive marketing. But still, I think people should be smart enough to know that a regular diet of fast food is bad for you.

  5. Ron Says:
    March 18th, 2005 at 11:33 am

    One day they will find that this is all good for you. :-)