Is it Your Neighbor(hood)'s Fault That You are an Obese Couch Potato? Plus: Higher Incomes Increase Obesity Risk in Men, Better Education Decreases Risk in Men & Women
Image 1: If this photo looks as if it was taken in your neighborhood, statistics say that you will have a harder time than others warding off obesity. If you have not already been aware that the major weightloss obstacles are not so much of physio- than of psychological, or I should say behavioral natural, Monday's blogpost on the inability or unwillingness of the majority of the study participants in the Krebs study should have reminded you that there is more to losing weight than having an "optimal" diet plan. In this context, the results of a recently published paper from the University of Ottawa , Canada ( Prince. 2012 ), comes to mind, in which Stepanie A. Prince and her colleagues report the results of a large-scale cross-sectional multi-level analysis of the association between neighborhoods, physical activity and obesity in Ottawa. Mislead and misfed, but by no means unable to afford leading a healthier life-style Although obviously of epidemiological na...