Does Sprawl Really Make You Fat? It's Not That Simple...

While New Urbanists suggest that urban sprawl may be responsible for expanding waistlines, detractors think otherwise.

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June 24, 2003, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...critics say that the new urbanists are liberal, elite suburb-bashers who want government to control how and where everyone lives...In the United States, the planners said, the cities most suitable for walking are San Francisco, Boston, New York, Seattle and Chicago...Those least friendly for walking -- and with overall higher rates of diabetes and obesity -- are Phoenix, Atlanta and Houston...But not everyone buys the idea that environmental sprawl is responsible for sprawling waistlines."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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