Moving Closer To Outdoor Recreation Not A Recipe For Being More Physically Active

This is news?

You'd think that people choosing to live near to outdoor recreation amenities would have a lower body mass index or BMI thanks to an increase in all that healthy outdoor activity right on one's doorstep. Yet a new University of Alberta study looking at the relationship between reasons for choosing a neighbourhood to live in, physical activity and BMI, shows that's simply not the case.

In fact researchers found that those who said they'd moved to be closer to outdoor recreation opportunities actually showed a marked increase in BMI over the six years of a longitudinal study conducted from 2002 to 2008, and led by Tanya Berry of the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation.

Another excuse for being fat debunked, putting the lie to the politically motivated, scientifically challenged morons who want to "cure" overweight/obesity by changing the built environment.

No, fools, if you build it it does not mean that they will come. Only in the movies, not in real life.

The condition of being a fat, lazy slob is transportable into any environment.

Shut up, you idiots.