Reuters: Car-driven society poses health risk for Americans

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That's cool. You'd probably need to read the article in order to compete with effectively anyways.

I love the interweb playground during recess. :biggrin: Ah, I see . . . maybe you should study the article during class and ask the teacher to help you with the difficult concepts?

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Because one can not own a car and attempt to live a healthy lifestyle.

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The article has more to do with the car-centered suburban development pattern of the past 60 years:

fast-growing newer cities like Atlanta, Dallas and Phoenix are surrounded by sprawling suburbs that can only be navigated behind the wheel, not least because fiercely hot summers limit the attraction of walking. wrote:

More driving and less walking and biking increase obesity and all of its health problems. Many people would love to bike and walk to work, but their homes, schools and workplaces are completely unfriendly to any mode of transport other than cars.

This photo always spoke volumes to me: