Study maps how city neighborhoods affect diabetes risk

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Public health researchers in Philadelphia looked at how neighborhood and community-level factors -- not just individual factors like diet, exercise and education -- influence people's diabetes risk. Their new study adds insight into the role of the physical and social environment on diabetes risk, zip code by zip code throughout the city.

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