2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 7 Number 9


May 2013


The Way Your Community Is Built Could Be Affecting Your Family's Health


Take a look around your city and


neighborhood. Are there sidewalks? Where is the closest grocery store? Can you get there, or anywhere, without a car?


Does your hometown or


neighborhood make it easy for you and your children to be active in your daily lives? In countless communities across the nation, the answer is no. And, with one in every three children considered overweight or obese—a figure that has more than doubled in the last 30 years—the need to change this situation is great.


Research shows that the way our


communities are constructed contributes to weight gain in our society. Known as


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the "built environment," it includes the way everything from your home, your neighborhood and your community to roads, travel and work space are laid out.


Experts say built environments


don't just affect physical activity—they also affect the foods we choose and time spent inside (likely in front of a television or computer screen), both major influencers of weight.


For example, many communities


don't have grocery stores, which can mean reduced access to fresh and nutritious foods. In many places, convenience stores and corner markets offering packaged, processed snack foods are the only choices available.


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