The house and neighborhood that body lives in also play a big role.
This is part of the reason we were excited to learn that Nationwide Children s Hospital has expanded its Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families program to Linden and is now planning to invest in building new affordable homes there.
The program is nothing new, but it is quite special.
Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families was launched on Columbus South Side near the hospital in 2008 to reduce dangerous conditions inside homes to improve quality of life.
Since then, $38 million has been invested in improving or building more than 400 properties, Nationwide Children s officials said.