Re: suburbs vs city

[Larry C. Lyons]

Exactly. Where you can get around only by driving -sidewalks are few
and far between, you can only drive to places, then the rate of
chronic diseases are high. Where walking is encouraged, sidewalks,
grocery stores etc in close proximity etc, these rates are low.

larry

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:39:22 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> in other words, areas where there is no such thing as running up the
> block for some nice deli?
>
> :)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:26:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: suburbs vs city
> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> BTW the same study was reported on by NPR this morning. If you look at
> the study what was critical was not whether or not the person was in
> the suburbs, but all the attendant problems, lack of exercise etc.
> When the authors looked at suburbs that encouraged walking for
> instance, or other physical exercise, there was a significantly lower
> health risk when compared to those suburbs that discouraged such. So
> how the study was presented wais somewhat misleading. What was
> critical was exercise and other healthy behaviors.
>
> larry
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:06:11 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=6342369&section=news
>
> >
> >

---

[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

---