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Does Easy Access To Fast Food Cause Obesity?

Limiting access to fast-food restaurants unlikely to reduce obesity. Living near fast-food restaurants and supermarkets has little impact on an individual's body mass index, according to new research. The researchers used results from the largest national study ever conducted of the connection between residential environments and BMI. Source 7j.

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It may only have a minimal impact, but I have to believe this study is wrong in that is has no impact. A person eating nothing 1000 calorie per serving fast food has to be worse off then someone eating healthy portions of healthy food. That said, our sedentary lifestyle is a huge contributor to the national obesity problem that plagues us. Time to start eating healthier meals, smaller portions, five or six times a day, and getting out and exercising.

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As long as it is much cheaper to grab a big mac instead of a healthy meal people are going to continue to eat unhealthy. Why do you think a salad at Mc Donalds costs more than two Big Macs. I think that is true at any fast food place. Until we as a society make the fast food places stop making fattening food so cheap then we will see many obese people in the states. Whether they are close or not.