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Anne L. Escaron, PhD

The author is with the Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to: Anne L. Escaron, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Family Medicine, 1100 Delaplaine Court, Madison, WI 53715-1896 (e-mail: anne.escaron@fammed.wisc.edu).

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Grafova et al. provide insightful analysis on the relationship between neighborhoods and obesity in older adults in the United States. According to them, neighborhood economic advantage protected against overweight and obesity, and economic disadvantage increased the likelihood of overweight and obesity in older men and women.¹ Recently, there is increased interest in how the built environment² influences both sides of the energy balance equation: food intake and energy expenditure. New research underscores the effect the built environment has on health outcomes such as access to healthful foods and physical activity. Grafova et al. suggest that interventions targeting the built environment . . . [Full Text]