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Health of Children and Communities - Public Health Awareness Week 2006

By Anne Asher, About.com

Updated April 03, 2006

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The Built Environment and the Health of Children

The built environment is the physical infrastructure that children make contact with or interact with on a daily basis. Some examples of the built environment include:
  • roads
  • sidewalks
  • playgrounds and playground apparatus
  • bike trails
  • businesses
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