Having A Walmart Come To Town Makes You Fat
Image Credit: Wikipedia Commons An interesting thing happens when that shiny new Walmart supercenter comes to town: people get fatter. Charles Courtemanche , assistant professor of economics at the University of North Carolina, followed the spread of Walmarts across the country, and the spread in girth of citizens nearby. The 2009 research found that “An additional Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI (body mass index) by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4 percentage points.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Having A Walmart Come To Town Makes You Fat
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