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Study: Living In The Suburbs Can Make You Sick


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Study: Living in the suburbs can make you sick

Lack of exercise, sitting in cars linked to increased obesity

Updated: 10:55 a.m. ET Sept. 27, 2004WASHINGTON - Living in the suburbs may have once been part of the American dream but it can lead to nightmares such as high blood pressure, arthritis and headaches, researchers reported Monday.

An adult living somewhere like Atlanta, with its spread-out suburbs and car-heavy culture, will have a health profile that looks like that of someone who lives in Seattle -- but who is four years older, the study found.

And the culprit seems to be exercise, or the lack of it, the researchers report in the October issue of the journal Public Health.

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