Improved living environments can reduce health problems for women and children

Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 12:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Low-income women with children who moved from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experienced notable long-term improvements in aspects of their health; namely, reductions in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and partner institutions.

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