三级aa视频在线观看-三级国产-三级国产精品一区二区-三级国产三级在线-三级国产在线

  Home>News Center>Life
         
 

Driving longer means larger waistlines
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-06-01 08:57

The amount of time people spend in their cars affects their weight more than their income, education, gender and ethnicity, researchers have found.

The more people drive, the more their waistlines expand and the more likely they are to contribute to the nation's obesity epidemic, according to a new study.

The survey of 10,500 metro Atlanta residents found that for every extra 30 minutes commuters drove each day, they had a 3 percent greater chance of being obese than their peers who drove less.

The survey also found that people who lived less than a half mile from shops were 7 percent less likely to be obese than their counterparts who had to drive.

"The more driving you do means you're going to weigh more -- the more walking means you're going to weigh less," said Lawrence Frank, associate professor at the University of British Columbia who oversaw the study when he worked at Georgia Tech.

About 91 percent of the people surveyed said they didn't walk to destinations. Many spent more than an hour each day in their cars.

The study is one of the first to look at the link between the environment and obesity, said Kelly Brownell, chairman of Yale University's psychology department and director of its Center for Eating and Weight Disorders.

"Studies of this type are very important because they show factors in our environment that can either help or hurt our waistline," said Brownell, who was not involved in the study. "These results show that the environment, affecting our physical activity, is quite influential."

In the study, which is expected to appear in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers tracked participants' travel behavior and measured their height and weight from 2000 to 2002.

The study focused on Atlanta, but Frank said the city is not alone.

"Most regions look very similar to Atlanta -- anything that's built after World War II is pretty much auto-oriented," he said. "We need to start to look at the way we're designing our communities ... the collective impact of having to drive everywhere is becoming really large."

Suburban, white men typically weighed about 10 pounds more than men who lived in dense urban areas with shops and services, according to the study, which will be presented Thursday at a national obesity conference in Virginia.

The study was paid for by $4 million in grants from the Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Atlanta Regional Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency also participated.

 
  Today's Top News     Top Life News
 

Prices of 400 medicines reduced by 30% from today

 

   
 

Britain backs EU to end China arms ban

 

   
 

Peep-show victims in Japan seek justice

 

   
 

Hu has time for kids, plays ping pong

 

   
 

Bush acknowledges 'great costs' of war

 

   
 

4 held over murder of former Phoenix boss

 

   
  KFC and McDonald's — a model of blended culture
   
  Psychological barriers: Students under pressure
   
  Driving longer means larger waistlines
   
  Govt. loses hepatitis B case
   
  Double happiness
   
  Clinton keynote creating buzz for bookexpo
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Feature  
  Beckham signs Gillette deal  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产亚洲欧洲精品 | 久久伊人婷婷 | 国产在线精品福利大全 | 99免费视频 | 亚洲第九十九页 | 亚洲欧美日韩国产色另类 | wwwxxxx美国| 欧美成人看片黄a免费 | 黄在线观看www免费看 | 亚洲精品专区 | 麻豆91免费视频 | 国产乱码精品一区二区三上 | 亚洲国产成人超福利久久精品 | 九九99热久久精品在线6手机 | 一级特黄录像实干片 | 国产高清不卡一区二区 | 亚洲伊人精品综合在合线 | 亚洲国产爱久久全部精品 | 婷婷久久五月天 | 国产精品久久久久乳精品爆 | 2021最新国产成人精品视频 | 亚洲高清国产一区二区三区 | 成人国产精品一级毛片视频 | 国产视频www| 麻豆短视频在线观看 | 国产精品一区二区av | 91麻豆怎么进去 | 网红思瑞一区二区三区 | 久色福利| 国产一级片网址 | 大学生久久香蕉国产线看观看 | 最新国产美女一区二区三区 | 黄毛片视频 | 美女在线国产 | 国产成人精品日本亚洲专区6 | 99国产精品热久久久久久夜夜嗨 | 成人黄色在线免费观看 | 国产线视频精品免费观看视频 | 一级特黄aa大片免费播放视频 | 国产啪精品视频网免费 | 免费看欧美日韩一区二区三区 |