The urban health paradox: Are our cities and sedentary lifestyles making us sick?
Welcome to the urban jungle, where the wild beasts that threaten us are no longer lions or tigers, but chronic health problems like diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Our modern, sedentary lives have turned us into a species of professional sitters. We sit at our desks, we sit in our cars, we sit on our couches to binge-watch a show about people who, presumably, also sit a lot. We get our adrenaline surge from watching other people's sporting activity, while the maximum exercise we get is that of moving our vocal cords, strongly voicing what they could have done better!
