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Neighborhood Resources for Physical Activity and Healthy Foods and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
This study shows that, adjusted for age, sex, family history of diabetes, race/ethnicity, income, assets, educational level,
alcohol use, and smoking status, neighborhoods offering better access to healthy foods and opportunity for
physical activity lead to a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Author Affiliations: Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Drexel University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Auchincloss); Department of Epidemiology, School
of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Dr Diez Roux and Ms Shen);
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley (Dr Mujahid); Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Dr Bertoni); and
Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
University, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Carnethon).
