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" Ok, I&amp;#039;m going to file this study under &amp;#039;Why&amp;#039;d they waste their time and money on that?&amp;#039; And the article about it in The New York Times wasn&amp;#039;t particularly insightful, either. Researchers found that women who had worn more supportive shoes like sneakers reduced their risk of foot pain later in life by half compared to women who wore shoes with &amp;quot;average support,&amp;quot; which they site as hard- or rubber-soled. Well, duh. But it gets better. The article quotes the lead author, a doctoral student in biostatistics, admonishing women that &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s important to buy for size and width, not just because the shoes are cute.&amp;quot; Nice for her\u2014a student\u2014to say. I&amp;#039;m guessing she can probably clomp around in clogs and sneakers.  The study also found that men made better shoe choices, with only 2 percent wearing &amp;quot;bad shoes.&amp;#039; Come on, people, have you ever seen a high-heeled shoe for men?  I know all too well the painful consequences of ill-fitting shoes and have tried to modify what I wear. Most of the time, you won&amp;#039;t find me in a heel over two inches, and on weekends my shoes mostly fall into the &amp;quot;more supportive&amp;quot; category. But until I see shoes that are comfy, good-looking, can be worn with a pencil skirt and don&amp;#039;t cost an arm and a leg, I don&amp;#039;t think researchers should be spending time on this and pointing fingers! -Amy Brightfield, Health Director "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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