Additionally, living in a more “walkable”, dense neighborhood likely only has a small impact on weight.
“…when thinking about ways to curb the obesity epidemic, our study suggests there’s likely no simple fix from the built environment, like putting in a playground or supermarket.”
These “built-environment” amenities have been seen in past research as essential contributors to losing weight or tending toward obesity. The idea appears obvious: If you live next to a fast-food restaurant, you’ll eat there more and thus gain weight. Or, if you have a supermarket nearby, you’ll shop there, eat healthier, and thus lose weight. Live in a neighborhood that makes walking and biking easier and you’ll get out, exercise more, and burn more calories.
Weight gain or loss not impacted by built environments: Study ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 16:15 IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): The findings of a new study led by the University of Washington suggest that people don t gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket. It found living in a more walkable , dense neighbourhood likely only has a small impact on weight.
The study was published earlier this month in the International Journal of Obesity. These built-environment amenities have been seen in past research as essential contributors to losing weight or tending toward obesity.
The idea appears obvious: If you live next to a fast-food restaurant, you ll eat there more and thus gain weight. Or, if you have a supermarket nearby, you ll shop there, eat healthier and thus lose weight. Live in a neighborhood that makes walking and biking easier and you ll get out, exercise more and burn more calories.
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People don t gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket, according to a new study led by the University of Washington. And, living in a more walkable , dense neighborhood likely only has a small impact on weight.
These built-environment amenities have been seen in past research as essential contributors to losing weight or tending toward obesity. The idea appears obvious: If you live next to a fast-food restaurant, you ll eat there more and thus gain weight. Or, if you have a supermarket nearby, you ll shop there, eat healthier and thus lose weight. Live in a neighborhood that makes walking and biking easier and you ll get out, exercise more and burn more calories.
WA Rep. Pramila Jayapal. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)
Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal joined Congressional Democrats on Tuesday to introduce a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
If passed, this would mark the first time the federal minimum wage was raised since 2009. The proposal would gradually phase in the increase, starting by raising minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 an hour in 2021, to $11 an hour in 2022, $12.50 in 2023, $14 an hour in 2024, and then finally $15 an hour in 2025.
Rep. Jayapal likened the situation to 2014, when she served on “the committee that made Seattle the first major city in our country to enact $15 minimum wage.”