Slow traffic, fast food: Study links road delays with unhealthy eating

[SorellaLaBefana]

Ever notice how much more tempting it is to pick up fast food for dinner after being stuck in traffic? It's not just you. New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research shows that traffic delays significantly increase visits to fast food restaurants, leading to unhealthier eating for millions each year.

"In our analysis focusing on Los Angeles County, unexpected traffic delays beyond the usual congestion led to a 1% increase in fast food visits. That might not sound like a lot, but it's equivalent to 1.2 million more fast food visits per year in LA County alone...

..."If there's traffic between 5 and 7 p.m., which happens to be right around the evening meal time, we see an increase in fast food visits," Taylor said. "Drivers have to make a decision about whether to go home and cook something, stop at the grocery store first, or just get fast food."...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250203164009.htm

[BoRaGard]

1. Ummm hmmm

G.O.P. will bury this

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I once had occasion to drive around in a city that had banned drive-through fast food places

Didn’t appear to stop horrendous traffic problems from people trying to park in those places. Convenient or not, people were waiting interminable amounts of time in running cars waiting for their turn to purchase their chosen chemical slurry.