Smart Growth: A Solution To America's Weight Problem?

The link between health and sprawl makes 'smart' growth look even smarter.

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June 3, 2003, 3:00 PM PDT

"For decades, environmentalists, walking and biking advocates and neighborhood activists have been trying with small success to stop urban sprawl and encourage planners to think 'fewer cars, more walking.' But now physicians and scientists also are turning their attention toward developing communities to advance the cause of 'active living' -- daily physical movement, the easier and more natural, the better."

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FULL STORY: Link between health and sprawl makes 'smart' growth look even smarter

Monday, June 2, 2003 in The Miami Herald

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