Svelte New Yorkers Baffle Science 4.57K Hamilton Nolan 07/08/10 10:13AM Filed to: Fitness Fitness Science Studies Restaurants Obesity NYC Usa Gettypic A new study says that living close to lots of restaurants makes you fat. Funny, since residents of NYC—a restaurant paradise—are known to be the fittest and most attractive Americans of all. I guess we're smarter than average.