Rising Obesity Rates Influenced By Urban Planning

You may want to buy healthy food for your family, but if the good grocery stores are far away and pricey and the fast-food outlets are cheap and plentiful, it may be harder to make the healthy choice. Research led by the University of Alberta and funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Information confirms there are links between our urban surroundings and how likely we are to struggle with obesity.

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Filed under: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness on March 15th, 2008