15 Oct '12, 12am

Love your community? You're probably healthier.

Love your community? You're probably healthier.

Photo: Darrin Henry /Shutterstock People who feel satisfied with their community are physically healthier than those who are dissatisfied or feel their city is becoming a worse place to live, a new Gallup poll finds. The survey can't, on its own, draw a causal link between community and individual health, but other research suggests that the two are linked. Location can determine opportunities for exercise, for example, as well as what foods people eat. A recent study published in the Journal of Rural Health found that rural Americans are more likely to be obese than their city-dwelling counterparts. Similarly, the new Gallup poll found that people who said their community offered a safe place to exercise were 16 points healthier on a physical health index score than people who said they didn't have a safe place to work out. People who felt safe walking alone at night scor...

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