• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The obesity in America has very little at all to do with walking or not walking.

    It has everything to do with the American diet. Would forced exercise help? Some. But it ain’t gonna solve anything

    That too is a red herring.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t think our industrialized food and unwalkable cities are mutually exclusive when it comes to obesity.

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        6 months ago

        The obesity epidemic is complex and blaming it on any single issue is never going to solve it.

        Further it should be noted that Europe with its vaunted walkable cities (a good thing, really,) is also having its own problem with a rise in obesity.

        As I said, would it help? Probably. But it’s not a solution.

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      6 months ago

      The obesity in America has very little at all to do with walking or not walking. It has everything to do with the American diet.

      Fine, then. I have four words for you:

      Drive-though fast food.

      (And if that’s not pointed enough, here’s a video about how much easier it is to shop for healthy groceries in a walkable area, and another that points out (among other things) how lack of walkability correlates with obesity even if, as you say, it’s not the single direct cause.)