Are Urban Americans Thinner Than Rural Americans? (Study Says So)

If you think that Suburbs are rural .. you really need to get a GRIP ..
(they are still urban .. city life .. )
(SHEESH .. just SHEESH on the idiocy that thinks suburbs are rural .. )


IF anything .. the urban areas have a far greater concentration of those with obesity problems (those far less active)
(more access to elevators, buses, cabs, escalators, people movers in a motorized way) ..
(as well as far greater access to unhealthy lifestyles including a predominance of fast food restaurants and easy to access junk food)


than the TRUE Rural Areas
(for we are far more out in the outdoors, doing chores, taking care of far larger properties, working large gardens .. just doing more active work lives overall)
(there's very few options for dining out .. which is why we grow our own .. raise our own livestock .. and make do with what we have .. )

Not in my experience.

I guess most of you have never been to a Wal Mart store in a Metro Area ?

I feel like urban people feel the need to move around a lot and appropriate their weight according to the media, so I would definitely say we're thinner.

I think. Could ne wrong

People in cites walk more.

I would agree

that's because more people that live in the urban are poor.

Suburbia is horrible.

There's a good possibility this may be true. When I go to the county fairs, I notice an awful lot of obese (not just overweight) people. I don't know if the people are from around the area or out of state.

What I do know is I do a lot of gardening in the spring, summer and fall. In the winter I manage to stay trim by snowshoeing (the only way to get to the bird feeders :D ) and dealing with the snow here in the northeast. I also hit the gym (yes, I know the article says we don't have gyms or personal trainers in the country) at least three times a week.

Getting healthy food is not a problem either. There are plenty of farm stands and farmer's markets. Some are open during the winter and you can purchase root crops, local artisan products like maple syrup, jams and soaps. Also, there is a supermarket 3.5 miles from my home.

Sometimes I think being overweight is a choice. You choose what you put in your mouth. The end results shows on the scale.

There isn't as much parking space in the city, so we have to walk more

Really? Wow, doesn't look that way to me. Honestly.

I love statistics...you can make them say whatever you want if you work the numbers long enough.

Suburbs are NOT rural

They walk more. if you live out in the country it's 10 miles to get anywhere

No long commutes (causes stress: a slow killer)
More walking
More free time

1st, you ask about 'rural' as versus 'urban' and then you referred to 'suburbs' as 'rural'. The Suburbs are decidedly NOT rural. They are part of 'urban', hence, the name 'suburb'. Urban people probably walk more and go to gyms, dances and stuff like that. Work in the country is not as physical as it used to be, so they probably don't get as much exercise and don't see exercising for 'fun' as very inviting. I know I never did. I come from a farm family, but lived in town all my life. We walked everywhere. Now I live in a rural area, in the desert, and no one with any sense walks anywhere.

I guess so

but I believe that we Americans need to walk more and everything is far, everywhere you go it needs to have a car

running and ducking from drive-by shootings, we have to be light on our feet.

So true