Thursday, July 30, 2009

Obesity and Urban Planning: Bronx Vs. Manhattan


Flickr: @marco

If New York is the city that never sleeps, then the Bronx is an insomniac that raids the refrigerator at midnight for a late-night snack.

When the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System analyzed data from 2003, they discovered that of NYC's six boroughs, the Bronx had the highest percentage of overweight and obese citizens at over 62 percent.

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