New research finds that environmental design efforts to encourage walking or biking need to be tailored to a community based upon the income level of the residents.
Health professionals and policy makers have believed that creating high density environments that combine housing, work-sites, store-fronts, and parks within walking or riding distance from a person’s house will encourage physical activity.
In a new study, University of Washington researchers determined that motivating somebody to exercise is more complicated than expected.
[For more of this story, written by Rick Nauert, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...ome-level/97305.html]
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