For years we have been investigating urban childhood obesity, walking, the food environment and the physical activity environment. Short version: It turns out there are lots of factors that play a role.
This week we are celebrating the start to school by emphasizing our recent finding, led by Robin DeWeese, that if children start walking to school early in life they are most likely to still be walking to school later in their academic career.
The original paper is in Preventive Medicine Reports
Rutgers Today has a strong summary
Futurity picked it up
NJ 101.5 also covered the work (but the 63 smartest breeds is pretty interesting too)
Earth.com too
In the end it was in 120 news outlets. News in the digital era is a whole new thing.
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