Researchers studying one Texas county discovered that residents in neighborhoods with more fast-food restaurants had higher stroke rates. Some neighborhoods had THREE TIMES more fast-food restaurants than others.
A neighborhood with 33 or more eateries had a 13-percent higher stroke rate. Each additional fast-food restaurant in the neighborhood increased the chance of stroke by 1 per cent.
Researchers aren't sure whether the easy availability of high-fat, high-salt food is to blame...
Or whether fast-food restaurants cluster in neighborhoods where more people make unhealthy choices.
Fast-food consumption has previously been linked to higher rates of heart disease.
Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke.
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