Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
They say "You are what you eat." Maybe it should also be, "You are where you live."
A new study has found that the affluence of your neighborhood is linked to your risk of obesity and diabetes. People living in a high-poverty area were more likely to be obese and more likely to have diabetes than those in a low-poverty census tract.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-diabetes-idUSTRE79I7NG20111019
A new study has found that the affluence of your neighborhood is linked to your risk of obesity and diabetes. People living in a high-poverty area were more likely to be obese and more likely to have diabetes than those in a low-poverty census tract.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-diabetes-idUSTRE79I7NG20111019