Cull the Sack

growing around your waist and buttocks, you bulbous burbanite.

Urban Sprawl Makes Americans Fat, Study Finds

U.S. researchers said on Thursday they had quantified the price of living in sprawled-out American communities and weight gain leads the list -- six pounds on average, to be precise.

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"We found that U.S. adults living in sprawling counties weigh more, are more likely to be obese and are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than are their counterparts in compact counties," Reid Ewing of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland told reporters.

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The study found that people in far-flung communities walk less for leisure, but this factor did not account for all the weight difference. "It may be as a result of the lower level of physical activity they get as part of their daily lives -- driving to work, driving to school, driving to lunch, basically driving everywhere," Ewing said.

I'd like to see additional work on how bad this sprawl phenomenon is on our spines, too. Car seats are so damn uncomfortable. There are gobs of reasons why compact communities are healthier for us and the planet, but we can compensate for the four-lane fat feature because my guess is that the suburbs is where we'll find more lizards.

PARIS (Reuters) - Exenatide, an experimental diabetes drug derived from lizard saliva, not only controls patients' blood sugar levels but also cuts their weight, its developers said on Monday.

I bet the guys in this bedroom community not too far from me are pretty thin.