] The main culprit, according to the study's authors, is
] not so much sprawl all by itself as the circular
] dependence on the automobile that both creates and is
] created by urban creep.
]
] What remained constant in the more sprawling areas was
] the amount of time people spend in their cars, the number
] of drive-through fast-food meals they eat and the fact
] that, after they have done all that, they have neither
] the time nor the place to do the one thing that makes
] most people healthier.
]
] They can't go for a walk.

[ Your city is killing you slowly. I want to see the actual study results though. If only to check out the top of the list... -k]