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It should be possible to design studies to compare unwalkable car-only areas with walkable-bikeable, transit available areas in terms of metrics like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression etc. We could control for income, education, race, other possible confounding factors by geo-coding if those data are not included in the data on health by location. My question is: has any really done this rigorously? My intuition is that there is a profound link between sitting most of the time (drive to work, sit at work, drive home, sit at home) and bad health outcomes (including mental), and that getting at least some daily movement (even just standing) as part of commuting can make a huge difference. The anecdotal and trend evidence seems very obvious. But we'll need good studies to respond to the "blame it on fattie" responses from the roadbuilders and fossil fuelers who so like to apologize for our car-only built environment.

by Greenbelt on May 18, 2012 5:02 pm • link • report

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