Out of reach? Rural elders have highest rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.