Long term exposure to honking traffic can make you obese

Long term exposure to honking traffic can make you obese- details inside

"In the long term, these effects could give rise to chronic physiological alterations, which would explain the proven association between persistent exposure to traffic-related noise and cardiovascular disease or the more recently discovered associations with diabetes and obesity," Foraster said. 

"Our findings suggest that reducing traffic-related noise could also be a way of combating the obesity epidemic," he noted. For the study, the researchers involved 3,796 adults and examined body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body fat, central obesity and overweight.