For every decade added to their neighborhood's age, women's risk of obesity decreased 8 percent and men's obesity risk fell 13 percent.
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Healthy Lifestyle InitiativeMaking the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
Obesity risk decreases in older neighborhoods
People living in older
neighborhoods are less likely to
be overweight than new-home
dwellers, according to a study
to be published in the September
issue of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine.
For every decade added to their neighborhood's age, women's risk of obesity decreased 8 percent and men's obesity risk fell 13 percent.
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