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Suburbs Are Making Us Fat

People in dense cities are thinner and have healthier hearts than people in sprawling subdivisions. New research says the secret is in the patterns of the streets.

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  • manix
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    People walk in the city since most things are close enough, and people have to drive in the suburbs since everything is far. Over a lifetime it adds up

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