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Archive for September 13, 2007
House Additions subtract from your waistline!
September 13, 2007 by president.
Skip the multi-vitamins! Based on this report by the Chicago Tribune on 9/9/2007, neighborhood renovation and construction improves our health.
Property values signal obesity
Neighborhood property values predict obesity rates better than education or incomes, according to a study from the University of Washington published online by the journal Social Science and Medicine.
For each additional $100,000 in the median price of homes, researchers found, obesity rates in a given ZIP code dropped by 2 percent.
The study, based on analysis of responses to a telephone survey conducted in King County by the local health department and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found sixfold disparities in obesity rates across the Seattle area. Obesity rates reached 30 percent in the most deprived areas but were only around 5 percent in the most affluent Seattle-area ZIP codes.
“Obesity is an economic issue,” said Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the university’s Center for Obesity Research and leader of the study.
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