How Your Postcode is as Important as Your Genetic Code for Childhood Obesity | This Big... - 1 views
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Thierry Marcou on 17 Apr 12Lien entre marchabilité et obésité ? The study also mapped childrens neighbourhood walkability and access to parks. When they compared the two spatial factors of access to nutritional food and walkability they found that these had the most important effect on obesity levels. Children who lived in walkable areas, with a child-friendly park nearby and access to healthy food had 59% lower odds of being obese. Kids that lived in car-dependent neighbourhoods with more fast food outlets had the highest levels of obesity (16%, which is the US average). But only 8% of children were obese in walkable areas with access to more healthy food.
