urban
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“We lived on a farm and had horses and chickens when I grew up. I miss that. But at the same time, I need to be in an urban environment.”
From Los Angeles Times
Its departure from downtown would continue a yearslong trend of companies decamping from the urban core amid a rise in crime and homelessness since the pandemic.
Public health experts refer to this as the obesogenic environment, a term first used in the 1990s as researchers began linking rising obesity rates to external factors like food availability, marketing, and urban design.
From BBC
"We aim to shift the balance between pathogen-centric and salutogenic perspectives, potentially enabling future applications in public health, urban planning and ecosystem restoration," says Dr. Robinson.
From Science Daily
Effective obesity care, they argue, must be combined with broader public health efforts, such as improving diet quality, reducing food insecurity, and creating healthier urban environments.
From Science Daily
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