Topic: Obesity
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Does Living Near Fast Food Restaurants Increase Your Risk of Obesity?
Research looking at African Americans in Houston finds a significant correlation.
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Maps
Researchers Can Tell How Healthy Your Neighborhood Is From Your Facebook Page
Tracking obesity rates based on your interest in outdoor fitness, health and wellness, and television.
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The Inequality of Playgrounds
Public parks in upper-income, predominantly-white communities in Kansas City were more likely to have playgrounds, water features and trails.
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An Alarmingly Strong Link Between Lack of Walkability and Diabetes
New research from Toronto finds that immigrants living in that city's least walkable neighborhoods were more than 50 percent more likely to develop diabetes.
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Maps
Obesity's Spread Across America Looks Like a Virus
The country's most pressing non-contagious health crisis seems to act like it is one. What does that mean for public health policy?
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The Grave Health Risks of Unwalkable Communities
Our car-dependent lifestyle has led to a dramatic rise in obesity-related illnesses. But we can do something about it.
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What's Making China Fat?
Obesity rates have skyrocketed in China over the last generation, at the same time that its cities have exploded. A group of researchers is now trying to pin down the relationship between the two.
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Charts
Which City Might Try to Ban Huge Sodas Next?
Deductive reasoning says Seattleites should drink 'em while they got 'em.
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Study of the Day: Peer Pressure Linked to Exercise in Kids
According to research in Pediatrics, active friends can make us more active.
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Urban Wonk
The Impending Obesity Epidemic
42 percent of Americans could be obese by 2030 - why aren't we doing more to fight this?
