Car culture promotes diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure

Ditch the Car: Walking or Cycling to Work Cuts Diabetes Risk: "They also found that cycling, walking and using public transit were often associated with a lower risk of being overweight than driving or possibly taking a taxi. People who walk to work in fact were up to 17 percent less likely than people who drive to have high blood pressure. Researchers found that cyclists were around half as likely to have diabetes as drivers as well."