“…Certainly, epidemiological studies show that those living in a lower socioeconomic environments are more likely to be impacted by harmful alcohol consumption and/or obesity (Batty, Lewars, Emslie, Benzeval, & Hunt, 2008;McCartney et al, 2016;Ferraro, Schafer, & Wilkinson, 2016;Non et al, 2016). While the mechanisms underlying the detrimental neural effects of ethanol and sucrose remain unclear, the provision of environmental enrichment has been shown to be neuroprotective in rodents (Anastasía, Torre, de Erausquin, & Mascó, 2009;Barone, Novelli, Piano, Gargini, & Strettoi, 2012;Griñan-Ferré et al, 2016;Kiss et al, 2013;Livingston-Thomas et al, 2016).…”