The Educated Guess: California teens who live close to safe parks exercise more

Living close to a safe, clean park increases the amount of time California teenagers spend exercising, a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows.

The findings, while not necessarily surprising, have implications for park-starved areas of California and for neighborhoods where parks are not considered safe, according to Susan H. Babey, a senior research scientist at the UCLA center and lead author of the study.

via California teens who live close to safe parks exercise more – by Jane Meredith Adams.

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