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Past research has indicated that where you live can affect your health. But what factors go into that, and how do you know just how bad or good your neighborhood is for you health?

Rick Sadler tackled those questions. He is an assistant professor of public health and an urban geographer¹ for Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. He was thelead author of a study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Sadler joined Stateside to lay out some of the neighborhood factors that impact health positively² and negatively. They include, he said, “access to healthy foods, exposure to crime, exposure to industrial contamination, proximity³ to doctors offices, and parks.”

Listen above to hear how Sadler discuss the importance of considering various variables at once to understand neighborhood health impacts, and how this information can influence legislation.

1 geographer   

n.地理学者

参考例句：

• His grandfather is a geographer.他的祖父是一位地理学家。
• Li Siguang is a famous geographer.李四光是一位著名的地理学家。

2 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

3 proximity   

n.接近，邻近

参考例句：

• Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
• Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。