Impact of the Built Environment on Health

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services.
• Description:
  The built environment includes all of the physical parts of where we live and work (e.g., homes, buildings, streets, open spaces, and infrastructure). The built environment influences a person’s level of physical activity. For example, inaccessible or nonexistent sidewalks and bicycle or walking paths contribute to sedentary habits. These habits lead to poor health outcomes such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer. Today, approximately two thirds of Americans are overweight.
  
  CS216341
  
  
• Subjects:
  Environment Design Health Promotion Residence Characteristics
• Source:
  Healthy community design fact sheet series
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24142/cdc_24142_DS1.pdf
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