Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity

Re:Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity by dcurtis on Friday June 05, 2009 @04:35PM (#643924)

I see the point of the article, but it's sort of like saying that if you only sell bland tasting food at the supermarket, you'll make people stop eating as much. And they'll be healthier! Sacrificing the accessibility/ease of use of a building to "fight obesity" seems interesting but not a sacrifice I'd be willing to make if I were an architect.

Forcing people to take the stairs by making "legislative" and architectural changes is not the solution to the problem. The solution is to help people change their habits.

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Re:Changes In Stair Design Could Help Fight Obesity by DLWormwood on Friday June 05, 2009 @04:58PM (#643970)

Thing is, this recent HN article...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=642677

...is actually tangentially relevant here, if you think about it.

The article this comment is attached to isn't really about "forcing" people to take the stairs, but to make using the stairs a more natural or obvious option to people. In too many tall buildings, the combination of architectural traditions and building codes lead to stairs being "out of sight, out of mind."

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