According to the study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Kansas City’s lower-income neighborhood parks are likely to be vandalized, trashed or have lesser playgrounds compared with neighborhoods that have higher-quality parks.
The study also focuses on residential places which create a big impact on people's ability to be physically active. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports the findings and will hold an Active Living Research meeting, the foundation's national program, to confer with new ways and solutions that pertain to this issue.
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Three social enterprises were recognized at the 2013 President’s Challenge Social Enterprise Award for their major contributions to society. SATA CommHealth and Bliss Restaurant landed Social Enterprise of the Year titles, while Bettr Barista Coffee Academy bagged the award for Social Enterprise Start-up of the Year.