Smoking Ban Makes New Yorkers Fatter
STOP smoking and get fat. We all knew it. And they’re learning about it in New York:
New York City residents are growing obese at a rate nearly three times that of other Americans, prompting some who cited a link between weight gain and smoking cessation to question whether the city’s crackdown on smoking may have had an unexpected result.
In a new study, city health officials found that obesity and diabetes rates here increased 17% between 2002 and 2004. By contrast, there was a 6% increase in national obesity rates during that time, and no significant increase in the rate of diabetes. City residents also gained 10 million pounds collectively during the two-year period, researchers found. The findings were reported in the April issue of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
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Posted: 27th, March 2008 | In: Reviews Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
