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Precision medicine and healthy living: The importance of the built environment

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posted on 2023-05-20, 05:58 authored by Andrew HillsAndrew Hills, Farpour-Lambert, NJ, Nuala ByrneNuala Byrne
The built environment encompasses the major physical spaces, including buildings, streets, homes, schools, parks, playgrounds and other infrastructure in which we live, work and play. In an ideal world, the built environment should support and facilitate a healthy engagement in physical activity across the lifespan. However, in the context of an environment characterized by increased mechanization and urbanization, physical inactivity and higher levels of overweight and obesity, too many settings are not conducive to physical activity and/or are not safe and walkable. In the knowledge that there are multiple challenges to redress the low levels of physical activity seen in many parts of the world, this paper provides some examples of opportunities for healthy living (HL) in a built environment characteristic of an increasingly urbanized world. Particular foci include opportunities for HL fostered in child-friendly cities, in which walkability is high, and active transport is encouraged and supported.

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Publication title

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volume

62

Pagination

34-38

ISSN

0033-0620

Department/School

College Office - College of Health and Medicine

Publisher

W.B. Saunders Co.

Place of publication

United States

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© 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified

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