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Canadian Study Says Urban Design Favouring Pedestrians Helps Reduce Childhood Obesity
Walking spaces in Bengaluru under TenderSure (Rajiv Malagi/Embarq via WRI india)
A study by the Quebec City-based National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS) in Canada has said that urban design that favours pedestrians and encourages walking can help reduce the occurrences of childhood obesity, reports PTI.
Published in the Preventive Medicine journal, the study looked at data collected two years apart in Montreal Canada and studied children who lived in the same neighbourhood during this time and had a family history of obesity.
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