People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index - as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese - than do their non-gardening neighbors. Researchers at the University of Utah reported these and other findings in the American Journal of Public Health published online. "It has been shown previously that community gardens can provide a variety of social and nutritional benefits to neighborhoods," says Cathleen Zick, lead author of the study and professor of family and consumer studies at the University of Utah...
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