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BMJ 2008;336:7 (5 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.39435.486146.3A
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How many studies into obesity does it take to build one cycle path for children to get to school on? I believe we have now reached saturation point as to how many studies and articles it takes to convince us that we are too fat as a nation.1 2 What good does it do to advise people that they need to walk/cycle/swim when the infrastructure is doing its best to prevent exactly this?
Given all the suggested health assessments, dietitians advice, government guidelines, and supermarket labels, there is something missing: action to force planners, developers, councils, and local authorities to end totally unsustainable, fat making practices. These practices include building roads without cycle lanes (or trying to get away with painting a thin white line on a 70 mph road and declaring it a cycle path) and putting up a nice little "walk to health" road sign along a traffic jammed
Nicole S Lavery, community adviser
1 Northern Ireland BT45
nicolelavery@hotmail.co.uk