"The public health benefits of giving city dwellers increased opportunities to lead physically active lifestyles are … well known to urban planners, public health scholars, and government officials. Moreover, increases in "active living … the public health agenda through a range of public and private organizations, and secure committed political champions. At …

The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …

Recent increases in mortality have brought life expectancy back to the forefront of the public health debate in the US … average health performance of OECD countries at their typical health expenditures. …