Wall Street Journal: Does living near restaurants make you fat?

Release Date: July 8, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article on The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis blog reports a study conducted by three professors at UB, including Samina Raja, professor of urban and regional planning, found that the more restaurants there are within a five-minute walk of your home, the more likely women are to have a higher body mass index.

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