Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, "Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop"
English | ISBN: 0309474590 | 2018 | 100 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0309474590 | 2018 | 100 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The built environment?the physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which people live, work, and play?underwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries that contributed to a sharp decline in physical activity and affected access to healthy foods. Those developments contributed in turn to the weight gain observed among Americans in recent decades. Many believe, therefore, that policies and practices that affect the built environment could affect obesity rates in the United States and improve the health of Americans.
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