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People don’t gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket, according to a new study led by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. And, living in a more “walkable,” dense neighborhood likely only has a small impact on weight. These “built-environmentâ€� amenities have been seen in past research as essential contributors to losing weight or tending toward obesity. The idea appears obvious: If you live next to a fast-food restaurant, you’ll eat there more and thus gain…

Automobiles — and the planning and infrastructure to support them — are making our cities sick, says an international group of researchers now publishing a three-part series in the British medical journal The Lancet.