In this blog post, Professor Ann Forsyth, PhD, urban planner and architect, examines three smaller scale habitats and the built environment—cities and regions, neighborhoods, and the home—in the context of infectious disease.
Recommendations on how aging in place can support and promote “the good life”
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Ann Forsyth is co-author of this essay in The Hastings Center Report that breaks down the complex role that the living environment plays in our well-being as we age.
Amount of crime perceived and reported by adolescents is connected to their BMI and activity levels
Ann Forsyth was recently lead author on a paper titled “Perceived and Police-Reported Neighborhood Crime: Linkages to Adolescent Activity Behaviors and Weight Status.” Published in Journal of Adolescent Health, the study addressed the relationships of perceived and objective reports of neighborhood crime to adolescent physical activity, screen media use, and BMI. BMI was positively associated with perceived crime among girls, reported crime in girls, and perceived crime in boys.