Sentences with phrase «food restaurants per capita»

TreeHugger has noted before that poorly designed cities or cheap gas can make you fat, but a new Canadian study has determined that there is a direct relationship between a city's obesity rate and the number of fast food restaurants per capita.

as one sees in the US where New Yorkers are the skinnniest Americans, the three biggest Canadian cities had the lowest obesity and the fewest fast food restaurants per capita.

Not exact matches

Portland, Oregon, boasts more microbreweries, restaurants, food carts, batch distilleries, and open source user groups per capita than any city in the world.

And although a 2008 study discovered that eating out doesn't necessarily cause weight gain, people who live in neighborhoods with more fast - food restaurants have a higher risk of obesity than individuals who have a higher per capita of sit - down options.

Even though Providence's full - service / fast food differential and per capita restaurant spending are a bit below the national averages, it gets the number five spot because of its impressive growth in restaurants during the recession, as well as a very low people - to - restaurant ratio.