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Absolutely. There's a reason body fat percentage in New York City is so much lower than anywhere else in the US!
by Schiendelman 4mo ago
Absolutely. There's a reason body fat percentage in New York City is so much lower than anywhere else in the US!
- Gigachad 4mo agoThis is something I've visually observed all over Australia. The walkable areas are noticeably fitter. I don't think all of those people just happen to care about fitness more, they just spend more time moving to get between places rather than sitting all day.
- Schiendelman 4mo agoAbsolutely! Fitness scales super closely with localized population density.
- Earw0rm 4mo agoThis is a recent phenomenon. The original reason for low population density was agricultural work, which - even in the early days of mechanisation - was plenty physical. Living in exurbia to work and consume like a city dweller is a new kind of stupid.
- Schiendelman 4mo agoYep, and we caused it, through the massive subsidy to cars that was the federal highway program. Many tranches of spending, from ~1937 forward, caused this.