Confirming last year's study by University of Maryland's National Center for Smart Growth researcher Reid Ewing, who found higher obesity rates in counties with sprawling rather than compact development, a new Georgia Institute of Technology in-depth study of links between weight and the built environment in metro Atlanta, led by University of British Columbia Associate Professor Lawrence D. Frank, shows the relative risk of obesity increases 35 percent from the most to the least mixed-use areas.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Decrease Risk of Obesity
Confirming last year's study by University of Maryland's National Center for Smart Growth researcher Reid Ewing, who found higher obesity rates in counties with sprawling rather than compact development, a new Georgia Institute of Technology in-depth study of links between weight and the built environment in metro Atlanta, led by University of British Columbia Associate Professor Lawrence D. Frank, shows the relative risk of obesity increases 35 percent from the most to the least mixed-use areas.
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