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Study Challenges Link Between Food Environments And Adolescent Obesity

March 8, 2012

Roland Sturm, an economist at Rand Corp., analyzed the food environments of 13,000 adolescents in California, looking at how many fast-food restaurants and supermarkets were within a 1.5-mile radius of their homes and schools and found no correlation between what food sources kids lived near, what the kids ate and how much they weighed.

Roland Sturm, an economist at RAND Corp., analyzed the food environments of 13,000 adolescents in California, looking at how many fast-food restaurants and supermarkets were within a 1.5-mile radius of their homes and schools and found no correlation between what food sources kids lived near, what the kids ate and how much they weighed, according to The Washington Post. For the full story, click here.