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Nutrition Education And Community Advocacy At Marin Health And Human Services, Anna C. Allison Aug 2014

Nutrition Education And Community Advocacy At Marin Health And Human Services, Anna C. Allison

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It would be a mistake to assume that all Marin neighborhoods look the same. The life expectancy in Ross is over 88 years. Less than 10 miles away in Hamilton Novato, the life expectancy is 75 years. That is a 13 year difference in life expectancy, roughly equivalent to the difference between living in the United States and Guyana. Marin is a small county, but it holds a great deal of variation. An effective health intervention in one neighborhood will not work in another, more importantly, there may not be the same health issue from one neighborhood to the next. …