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Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
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Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer
By JANE E. BRODY
January 30, 2012, 2:52 pm
New York Times
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Tara Parker Pope on Health
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/communities-learn-
the-good-life-can-be-a-killer/?scp=4&sq=jane%20brody&st=cse
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Developers in the last half-century called it progress when they built
homes and shopping malls far from city centers throughout the country,
sounding the death knell for many downtowns. But now an alarmed cadre of
public health experts say these expanded metropolitan areas have had a far
more serious impact on the people who live there by creating
vehicle-dependent environments that foster obesity, poor health, social
isolation, excessive stress and depression.
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As a result, these experts say, our built environment where we live,
work, play and shop has become a leading cause of disability and death in
the 21st century. Physical activity has been disappearing from the lives
of young and old, and many communities are virtual food deserts, serviced
only by convenience stores that stock nutrient-poor prepared foods and
drinks.
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According to Dr. Richard J. Jackson, professor and chairman of
environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los
Angeles, unless changes are made soon in the way many of our neighborhoods
are constructed, people in the current generation (born since 1980) will
be the first in America to live shorter lives than their parents do.
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Although a decade ago urban planning was all but missing from public
health concerns, a sea change has occurred. At a meeting of the American
Public Health Association in October, Dr. Jackson said, there were about
300 presentations on how the built environment inhibits or fosters the
ability to be physically active and get healthy food.
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In a healthy environment, he said, people who are young, elderly, sick or
poor can meet their life needs without getting in a car, which means
creating places where it is safe and enjoyable to walk, bike, take in
nature and socialize.
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Additional Topics Covered in This Article:
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The Price of Progress
Can Our Suburbs Be Saved?
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Health happens in neighborhoods, not doctors offices, Dr. Jackson states
in one of the programs.
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