Does living near a lot of fast food restaurants increase your chances of having a stroke? New research from the University of Michigan finds the risk of stroke in a neighborhood increased by one percent for every fast-food restaurant in the area. Researchers say they don’t know whether the food itself actually increased the risk or whether fast-food restaurants are just more common in unhealthy neighborhoods.
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I used to think it was the restaurants causing the problem, but now I’m leaning more toward the people doing the ordering. While I’m not an advocate of eating in ff places as a standard, it IS possible to get a meal that’s not grossly unhealthy. We just have to order the healthier stuff.