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Media Relations

Neighborhood Greenness Has Long Term Positive Impact On Kids' Health

Science Daily
Oct. 28, 2008

In the first study to look at the effect of neighborhood greenness on inner city children's weight over time, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the University of Washington report that higher neighborhood greenness is associated with slower increases in children's body mass over a two year period, regardless of residential density.

Read the entire story at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028074327.htm

Learn more about the IU School of Medicine at: http://medicine.iu.edu/

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