Personal Safety Concerns Could Thwart Exercise Targets For The Poor

Exercise is strongly promoted for the maintenance of good health - particularly as regards people on lower incomes, who are generally less physically active. However, new research published in PLoS Medicine suggests that one barrier to physical activity in low-income areas may be that people do not consider their environment safe enough to allow them to walk, cycle or take other forms of outdoor exercise. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Sports Medicine / Fitness on October 25th, 2007