Health
Your supermarket may affect your weight
Your supermarket may affect your weight, according to a report published Apr. 4 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Apr 4, 2012
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News tagged with neighborhood environment
Overweight & Obesity
Parenting and home environment influence children's exercise and eating habits
Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.
Jun 18, 2013
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Health informatics
Study reveals link between neighborhood environments and likelihood of metabolic syndrome
Cardiovascular diseases continue to be the leading causes of death worldwide. Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors including hypertension and obesity, significantly increases the likelihood of cardiovascular diseases. ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Neighborhood features could prevent obesity
Living in a neighborhood that supports a healthy lifestyle can make a measurable difference in preventing obesity, according to a longitudinal study recently published in the journal Obesity.
Jun 4, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Comprehensive Swedish research study reveals family, neighborhood impact on mental health
A team of researchers from Sweden and the United States have examined the potential role of the family environment and neighborhood factors on mental health outcomes in a new study published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.
May 4, 2015
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Health
What it takes to get teens moving
(HealthDay)—Teens with friends are active teens, a new study suggests.
Nov 19, 2017
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Health
Access to water and diverse terrain encourage elderly toward physical activity
A recently published study, conducted at the Gerontology Research Center of the University of Jyväskylä, found associations between features of natural environment in the home neighborhood and physical activity of older ...
Jan 29, 2018
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Health
Body mass index of low income African-Americans linked to proximity of fast food restaurants
African-American adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, ...
May 16, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Neighborhood features and one's genetic makeup interact to affect cognitive function
The neighborhood environment may positively or negatively influence one's ability to maintain cognitive function with age. Since older adults spend less time outside, the neighborhood environment increases in importance with ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Pediatrics
Where Black adolescents live affects their mental health
It's easy to imagine that growing up in a neighborhood with safe and clean parks, little to no discrimination, and where people are not struggling financially makes for a lower-stress childhood. In contrast, neighborhoods ...
Aug 1, 2023
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