Urban Sprawl Creates Couch Potatoes

A scientist with the Centers for Disease Control sugggests that sprawl is affecting the public's health.

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September 25, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

A national crisis of obesity is at least partially caused by how and where we live, which combine to promote a car-dependent society, said Richard Killingsworth, a health scientist at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neighborhoods isolated from jobs, schools and stores contribute to sedentary lifestyles, according to the CDC's ongoing research.

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Tuesday, September 25, 2001 in Ideas2000

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