{"id":67867646,"date":"2007-02-25T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T12:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=67867646"},"modified":"2007-02-25T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T12:07:26","slug":"cities-can-make-you-skinny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=67867646","title":{"rendered":"Cities Can Make You Skinny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By LiveScience.com<br \/>\nPeople who live in the densest, pedestrian-friendly parts of New York City have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI) compared to other New Yorkers, a new study finds.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe researchers say placing shops, restaurants and public transit near residences may promote walking and independence from private automobiles.<br \/>\n&quot;There are relatively strong associations between built environment and BMI, even in population-dense New York City,&quot; said the study&#8217;s lead author Andrew Rundle of the Mailman School of Public Health.<br \/>\nThe study appears in the March\/April issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion.<br \/>\nConversely, other research has shown that suburban sprawl and all the driving that comes with it leads to health woes.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/livescience\/20070220\/sc_livescience\/citiescanmakeyouskinny\">https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/livescience\/20070220\/sc_livescience\/citiescanmakeyouskinny<\/a>oldId.20070225120726747<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By LiveScience.com People who live in the densest, pedestrian-friendly parts of New York City have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI) compared to other New Yorkers, a new study finds. &#8230; The researchers say placing shops, restaurants and public transit near residences may promote walking and independence from private automobiles. &quot;There are relatively strong &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=67867646\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cities Can Make You Skinny&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67867646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67867646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67867646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67867646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67867646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67867646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67867646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}