Built Environment

ATLANTA — In this Healio video exclusive, Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, discusses a new American Heart Association policy statement that highlights the importance of considering cardiometabolic health in urban planning.

The presence of sidewalks was also protective against heart disease, likely because sidewalks could be a surrogate for physical activity, according to the researchers.

A variety of factors related to the built environment, including feeling safe from crime, were associated with reduced risk for major CVD events and all-cause mortality, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.