“Through the ’80s and ’90s, rising rates of childhood obesity tracked neatly with the decline of children walking and biking to school, leading some researchers to draw a connection.”
#urbanism #StrongTowns
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/09/school-drop-off-cars-chaos/679869/
@paninid I don't buy it. I graduated from high school in the late 80s. Nobody walked/biked to school, you'd get run over. There were very few kids in my 600+ graduating class who were obese.