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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