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Suburban Living Less Healthy
According to a recent study done by the Rand Corporation, if U live in
a city, you will have much better health than someone living in the suburbs. This is largely so because, in most of America's less densely populated areas, schools and homes and shopping services are separated by roads that are not walkable or unsafe for cycling. The study: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/27....ap/index.html |
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Martin Krieg wrote in message ...
According to a recent study done by the Rand Corporation, if U live in a city, you will have much better health than someone living in the suburbs. This is largely so because, in most of America's less densely populated areas, schools and homes and shopping services are separated by roads that are not walkable or unsafe for cycling. The study: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/27....ap/index.html The "study" was a telephone survey. Dick Durbin staying quite active in suburban Tallahassee |
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Dick Durbin wrote:
The "study" was a telephone survey. And that fact it pertinent because...? -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/ |
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Martin Krieg writes: According to a recent study done by the Rand Corporation, if U live in a city, you will have much better health than someone living in the suburbs. This is largely so because, in most of America's less densely populated areas, schools and homes and shopping services are separated by roads that are not walkable or unsafe for cycling. The study: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/27....ap/index.html In my own local experience, a lot of it has to do with topography. My home city of Vancouver, BC, being a port city on the west coast of North America, generally gets its air 'refreshed' by the Prevailing Westerlies ... which blow the city's air pollution to all the suburbs east, and downwind, and up-river of us. So Vancouver (Proper) frequently has cleaner air than our eastern suburbs, whose air we sully. Sometimes we get thermal inversions which give us a taste of our own medicine, but those are almost fleetingly temporary. Anyhow, if anyone /must/ live in suburbia -- try to be upwind of urbia. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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Terry Morse wrote in message ...
Dick Durbin wrote: The "study" was a telephone survey. And that fact it pertinent because...? Tell me what result you want and I'll design a telephone survey to deliver those results. Resources are readily available to produce an impartial study based on facts, not opinions or perceptions. Don't get me wrong here, I am not questioning the findings of the study, just the methodology. Dick Durbin |
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"Dick Durbin" wrote in message
om... Terry Morse wrote in message ... Dick Durbin wrote: The "study" was a telephone survey. And that fact it pertinent because...? Tell me what result you want and I'll design a telephone survey to deliver those results. Resources are readily available to produce an impartial study based on facts, not opinions or perceptions. Don't get me wrong here, I am not questioning the findings of the study, just the methodology. It's easy to confirm these results. Just go to a suburban mall and look around. |
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Subject: Suburban Living Less Healthy
From: "Peter Cole" Date: 10/2/2004 12:03 PM US Eastern Standard Time Message-id: nbB7d.97377$wV.75926@attbi_s54 "Dick Durbin" wrote in message . com... Terry Morse wrote in message ... Dick Durbin wrote: The "study" was a telephone survey. And that fact it pertinent because...? Tell me what result you want and I'll design a telephone survey to deliver those results. Resources are readily available to produce an impartial study based on facts, not opinions or perceptions. Don't get me wrong here, I am not questioning the findings of the study, just the methodology. It's easy to confirm these results. Just go to a suburban mall and look around. What's the point to all this? Several people on this group admit they're fat and they cycle also. Most of us probably look better than average and are healthy, but we can only be responsible for ourselves. |
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"Fx199" wrote in message
... Subject: Suburban Living Less Healthy From: "Peter Cole" "Dick Durbin" Don't get me wrong here, I am not questioning the findings of the study, just the methodology. It's easy to confirm these results. Just go to a suburban mall and look around. What's the point to all this? Several people on this group admit they're fat and they cycle also. Most of us probably look better than average and are healthy, but we can only be responsible for ourselves. Nobody mentioned obesity, either on this thread or in the referenced article. Suburban lifestyle makes for less incidental walking and cycling. It is beginning to look more & more like it's the sedentary lifestyle that's causing so much decline in health. This also contributes to obesity, but inactivity is a killer. There are many among the heavyweight that are quite healthy, there will always be a statistical spread, but they're becoming ever more the exception. More people are heavy, but more importantly, more people are sedentary. Working and shopping in the suburbs is hard to do via walking or cycling because of the distances, the lack of intermodal facilities, and the general lack of accommodation of anything other than a car. It's not just that people in the mall look fat, they look unhealthy, even the skinny ones. |
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It's not just that people in the mall look fat, they look unhealthy,
even the skinny ones. From a public health perspective this may very well be true. However cycling can be a rewarding activity if practiced regularly. I've certainly seen many healthy fat people, not so many healthy obese people. My brother's wife (anecdotally) stated that my family "Always was slim, none of you are fat." Which is not strictly true, I have been fat on occasion. But my point is, good nutrition and regular exercise will keep you out of a world of trouble. I favor bicycling and regular administration of beer, pizza, and Chinese take-out. Along with aspirin and multivitamins. Look at the muscle tone to determine if the "mall skinny people" are healthy. If their hands are clammy and their skin is loose then they aren't exercising enough. -- _______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________ ------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------ in.edu__________ |
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:45:02 -0700, Terry Morse
wrote: The "study" was a telephone survey. And that fact it pertinent because...? Because they just called people up and asked them annoying little "fill-in-the-blank" questions. |
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