THE CITY PLANNER’S GUIDE TO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC: ZONING AND FAST FOOD

Health Aspect of Drive-thrus in relation to our current obesity crisis
in North American society, including Canada, which has reached
unprecedented obesity rates, particularly in children.
As a predominantly North American phenomenon, the drive-through
culture has been widely maligned as a major cause of obesity. In a
2004 issue of American Journal of Preventative Medicine, a study found
that an [...]

Exhaust pollution kills 440 each year, report finds

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Exhaust pollution kills 440 each year, report finds
Thirty-per-cent drop in traffic would save nearly 200 lives and $900-million in health costs, city’s medical officer of health says

JEFF GRAY
November 6, 2007

Exhaust from the tailpipes of cars, trucks and buses in Toronto is responsible for about 440 premature deaths each year, mostly of elderly [...]

Two Extraordinary Papers on Health

This is extraordinary… worth the quick-see read. It is of value because of the doctors options to see exercise as a need and that the current urban environment is just not being correctly adjusted to promote exercise and health. Beautiful presentation.
This goes to the core of one of the other options that an [...]

Study links traffic pollution to thousands of deaths

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Tuesday April 15 2008
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A Birmingham university report has identified a ’strong correlation’ between deaths by pneumonia and traffic emissions in England. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA
Thousands of people [...]

Canadian Physicians for the Environment

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June 20, 2008
London City Council
City of London
300 Dufferin Ave., London ON N6A 4L9
RE: Physicians Support Moratorium on Drive-Thrus
Dear Members of Council,
I am writing on behalf of the 3,000 members of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment to support a moratorium on [...]

A Message from Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health

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An epidemic of overweight and obesity is threatening Ontario’s health. I am alarmed to report that, in 2003, almost one out of every two adults in Ontario was overweight or obese. Between, 1981 and 1996, the number of obese children in Canada between the ages of seven and 13 tripled. This [...]

The Staggering Numbers

Worldwide Statistics: Eight thousand people a day die from air pollution. There are 3 million annual deaths, worldwide. In Canada toxic emissions from transportation continue to rise drastically. Vehicles are the primary sources of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulates and benzene, a carcinogen. In the past 15 years alone, there has been a fourfold increase [...]