People who live in more sprawling areas generally weigh more and are more likely to have high blood pressure, according to a national study released on August 28. The study is the first to link obesity directly to the built environment and appears in the September edition of the peer-reviewed American Journal of Health Promotion. The American Journal of Health Promotion and the American Journal of Public Health have devoted their September issues to an unprecedented examination of how community design affects health.

Read the entire article, and related work at http://www.ncpad.org/661/2721/2003-11-01.