Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States

Re:Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States by davidw on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:31PM (#10361228)

There seems to be some kind of 'periphery' effect too, in places: zoom in on Portland, Oregon, and it sort of looks like there's a red ring around the town.

I could see it being a 'rural' thing, but the ring is weird.

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Re:Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States by nrjames on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:47PM (#10361385)

That could just be from gentrification pushing lower income people out of the city center. Similar things have happened in DC, Chicago, etc. This Wired article shows some of that effect. http://www.wired.com/2013/08/how-segregated-is-your-city-thi...

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Re:Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States by pnathan on Friday October 09, 2015 @03:59PM (#10362902)

I don't think so, at least in Seattle. Looking at the city breakdown, it corresponds to transit coverage and (my perception) transit friendliness. It actually seems to correspond inversely against income, since the transit coverage is vaguely inverse with Seattle income.

This is, by the way, a strong conflict with East Coast cities in the US, where there's a decided "obese area" visible. I don't have insight into those from the ground level.

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Re:Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States by frankus on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:07PM (#10362939)

It might be effect of people who have to drive for most trips, versus those who can walk or bike (alone or in combination with transit) to at least a few destinations.

That sort of access also makes those places more desirable, and thus more expensive, and thus more likely to be populated by rich people.

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Re:Mapping Neighborhood-Level Obesity in the United States by pnathan on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:00PM (#10362907)

You can see it all over the Western us. Super fascinating.

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