Stealth health: 'Lower-calorie freight train' changes show up on menus
Cheesecake Factory has its SkinnyLicious menu. At Taco Bell you can order a Fresco taco. This "stealth health" approach squeezes the calories out, making food a little better for you. But the key, says...
View ArticleExploring the power of place
After several years on the health beat, I've learned that covering health more comprehensively means paying more attention to how people’s health is affected by where they live.
View ArticleMoving toward walkable neighborhoods for older adults
Taunya English explains how your neighborhood and the place that you live can make a difference on your health.
View ArticleMoving toward walkable neighborhoods for older adults
Healthy food and exercise don't mean anything if you can't get to either. Taunya English examines how making neighborhoods more walkable can affect the health of seniors.
View ArticlePenn researcher explains some basics of 'built environment' research
Carolyn Cannuscio, an urban-health disparities researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, talked to Taunya English about place and the power of design on health.
View ArticleReal estate agents tout walkability in Philadelphia
Walkability and good public transportation can improve the health of residents in the neighborhood.
View ArticleExperts urge assessing health impacts before proceeding with new projects
Before the next chicken-processing plant is built in southern Delaware, or prior to approving 200 new homes in the next town over, some health experts say it makes sense to pause for a moment and...
View ArticleGoing Upstream: Tips for Finding Health Stories in the Built Environment
If your main sources on the health beat are physicians, you’re not doing your job. That became clear over the course of Health and the Built Environment Webinar: What Makes a Healthy Environment?,...
View ArticleGoing Upstream: More Tips for Finding Health Stories in the Built Environment
Center for Health Journalism Digital's "Health and the Built Environment Webinar: What Makes a Healthy Environment?" offered ideas for journalists to cover this important issue, which when left...
View ArticleHealth and the Built Environment
By 2012, when I started my fellowship project, several journalists -- in Philadelphia and nationally -- had written extensively about the “built environment,” food deserts and healthy food access. For...
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