Urban Sprawl Could Contribute To Obesity
Some Residents Of Spread-Out Suburbs Walk Less
WNCN-TV (NBC, Raleigh)

Some local researchers said that urban sprawl is another
reason more people are becoming obese.  The typical
American suburb is comprised of new homes on large lots
of land with no banks, markets or shops anywhere in sight.
Dr. Daniel Rodríguez, of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, has been studying urban planning for more than
a decade and said that urban sprawl is part of America's
growing obesity problem.


..."If you think about how we live our lives, we wake up, we microwave our food, we get in our cars, we reach our
destinations, we type on our computers, we get in our cars, we go back home, microwave our food again and
we entertain looking at the television," Rodríguez said.  http://www.nbc17.com/news/7831704/detail.html


To learn more about Dr. Rodríguez research, visit Planning and Physical Activity -Testing associations
between physical activity and the urban built environment