Neighbourhood can determine your exercise levels: Study
ANI
The Times of India
Saturday, August 30, 2003
Washington - A neighbourhood with trails, places to
exercise and street lights boosts physical activity.
According to a new research, these play an important role
in maintaining the weight of the people living there.
"Physical activity has been shown to improve health and
reduce the risk of developing many chronic diseases,
including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some forms
of cancer, three of the leading causes of death in the
United States," said Sara L. Huston, research assistant
professor of epidemiology at the UNC School of Public
Health and cardiovascular Epidemiologist.
"Low levels of physical activity among US adults have
also been implicated in the ongoing national epidemic of
obesity," she added.
A report on the investigation appears in the September
issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, a
special issue devoted to links between community and
neighbourhood design and health.
One recent study attributed more than 280,000 deaths in
the USA each year to people being overweight or obese,
she said.
To examine possible links between neighbourhood
characteristics -- such as places where people can be
physically active -- and how much exercise they get,
researchers conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey,
Huston said.
"We found no association between leisure activity and
unattended dogs and only a weak link with heavy traffic,"
Huston said.
"Sidewalks appeared to make only a small positive
difference, too.”But people who reported having access to
places for exercise of various kinds and those who
reported neighbourhood trails were significantly more
likely to be getting the recommended amount of physical
activity even after we took into account factors like
race and years of education," she said.
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