The older the home, the smaller the butt

July 30, 2008 · Print This Article

According to a recent study by the University of Utah, the age of your home directly relates to your level of obesity. In fact, women’s risk of obesity dropped 8 percent for every 10 years older her house was, and men’s risk dropped by 13 percent.

So is that the reply to everyone’s problems? whether you’re overweight, can you simply move to an old house and you’ll instantly look like

Kate Moss? Well, that’s not precisely how it works, although admittedly, researchers are not completely positive what the reasons are. The most likely cause is the way these older neighborhoods are built: to accommodate an active, social lifestyle walking to shops and interacting with friends and neighbors.

All I know is that my house was built in 1940, so I should have nothing to anguish about. Right?

[Source] Shawn Schuster

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