Where Thin People Roam, a recent article in the NY Times, suggested that "certain" Manhattanites are  quite thin due to walking, (even subway riders need to climb stairs, they claimed), store front yoga studios and pedestrian friendly streets.

Yeah, sure, there is a sub sub culture of Manhattanites (confined, I think, to 2 or 3 neighborhoods) where being REALLY thin is a requisite for residency in that specific 'hood.

For the rest of the mere mortals inhabiting the borough, or anywhere else for that matter, not so much.

Prevention magazine, for example, has rarely published an issue of their magazine without an article, or multiple articles claiming, " How You Can Walk Yourself Thin." Based upon the statistics mentioned in the Times article, the nation is really really overweight. Walking is clearly not the antidote.

So I thought about this and found correlating evidence to support why walking doesn't work.

Let's take a look at Postal Workers. They probably clock an enormous amount of walking, right? But, I've yet to see them, or consider them a svelte group.

I figured out why.

Have you seen the summer uniforms? Knee socks (black or dark grey) ill fitting bermuda shorts, a short sleeved shirt, and in some cases a pith helmet, or alternatively a rakish, safarish, or australian outbackish looking chapeau.

I suspect that being mortified by how one looks must correlate to how many calories one can possibly burn.

Yeah, that is it. Confirmed by the Times article. "Fashion, indeed, is merciless."