Where You Live - Is It Making You Fat?
A reader who responded to my blog Children, Fast Food, and Obesity lead me to the blog Why Your City Planner Is Making You Fat. It focused on how shopping is now taking place at larger chains and newer housing developments are being built near these centers for easy living. One big issue with this, that may be affecting your waist line, is that the only way to access these centers is to drive eliminating the opportunity to walk to your local stores.
From Prevention.com a similar blog was posted with these facts:
On average, men weigh 10 pounds less if they live in older neighborhoods while women weigh about six pounds less. Scientists
found that for each decade older the neighborhood, the risk of obesity
dropped by about 8 percent in women and 13 percent in men.
I used to live in Manhattan where I would walk everywhere. On any given day I could put in an extra 2-3 miles of walking above and beyond my usual workout. Now I live outside the city, but made sure that I would be able to walk to local shops and the gym. I may not have as many extra miles of walking as with city living, but it's better than nothing.
Is where you are living hindering your weight loss efforts? Did you move from a city to the suburbs and gain weight? Are you able to walk instead of drive to local markets?
 older posts |
home | newer posts  |
| "Diet" food doesn't have to be boring! - 1 | | Diet & Weight Loss Blog | | "Diet" food doesn't have to be boring! - 2 |
