An exclusive glittering invitation is sent by OBESITY team to you .... ???
You live in a reasonable downtown - You commute minimum five miles each leg of your journey to work and return - you commute ten miles a day minimum.
En-route you see glittery sign boards , tempting you to venture in -- you step in with your friends, colleagues and later respectfully take your family inside the glittering shops, hyper malls and smaller food zones, whatever. Actually you did not have the urgent to binge eat, but only the sight of those sparkling lights and glitter made you to check in to those honey (food) traps.
You take a voyeuristic pleasure in feasting on display of ready made food items and Processed food neatly and attractively stacked in shelves every day or specific days during a week.
An U.S study reveals that people who pass more fast food joints and restaurants during their commute are prone to have higher Body Mass Index or simply being overweight or obese.
An analysis of Food-buying pattern reveals that normally people encounter on their daily commute may very well impact possibility of gaining extra kilos. Without a doubt.
A research was carried out with Home and Work locations for over 700 adults in the neighboring New Orleans as well as all the Supermarkets, grocery shops. fast food joints, fine dining restaurants around.It is a shocking fact that people who passed or commute through the above food joints have a higher BMI than those who ventured into fewer outlets randomly.
This goes on to prove that ready availability of junk food or unhealthy food options is the fulcrum of the Obesity issue.
It is the people's preferences .... are the main problem, unfortunately.
The trap and temptation of quick-cheap -easy- eye catching easy meal has become a norm all over the globe.
Though there is ample evidence that the spread of food retail joints and Restaurants can mark a impact in individual eating habits, much of the research has focused on residential neighborhoods and focused either on exclusively urban or rural population according to PLos ONE.
The citizens who were subject to a study were found to be spending less than 30 minutes a day of physical activity, which was quite alarming.
Many tests and analysis were carried out (like) in connection with BMI and the number of food joints near the residences of the subjects'. BMI factor did not carry that much influence by the quantum of food joints, supermarkets, restaurants or grocery stores nearby to where the subjects' were working or residing.
The analysis or study carried out did not find out what food exactly these subjects' were taking or buying during their regular commute. The study also mapped based on the fastest and shortest route from homes to work places and vice versa and also it is quite possible that subjects' took different routes for some reason or other.
To conclude, the Food Habit Policy Researcher has enough evidence and findings that what's available to eat close to where people spend their time, do impact their eating habits and obesity grooming or nurturing.
It is always better to take an alternate route, even if it is little off or circuitous to avoid obesity in the interest of wellness.
Scripted in people's interest and well being
Sridhar Narayanan
Ethnic & Pure Oil and Foods
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