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County Health Rankings And Roadmaps – Part 1 of 3

County Health Rankings And Roadmaps. More than three-quarters of Americans breathing close to at least one park or recreational facility, giving many people opportunity to exercise, a new work finds. But access to exercise sites varies regionally, the nationwide study found. “Not everyone had equal access to opportunities for exercise,” said study researcher Anne Roubal, a think up assistant at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison. “Southern regions did much worse than the rest of the country. In the Northeast, most counties have very high access”.

Access to annoy opportunity is considered crucial for Americans to get regular physical activity, and in the process lower their risk for premature death and chronic health conditions, the researchers said. “If we provide individuals more access to those locations, it is going to increase the chances they will be active”. Currently, less than half of US adults meet recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: 150 minutes or more weekly of moderate exercise, or 75 minutes a week of full of pep exercise or a combination of the two, the study noted.

Roubal’s team defined access to exercise opportunity as living close to a park, gym, recreational center, skating rink or pool. If bourgeoisie lived a half-mile from a park or one mile from a recreational facility in urban areas, or three miles in rural areas, they were considered to have access to utilization opportunities. Data on bike trails was not available. For the study, published in the January issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, the investigators calculated the percentage of residents with access to exercise opportunities in nearly all US counties.

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