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Recent news items about active living, healthy eating, and the built environment, as well as those featuring Active Living By Design and the ALBD community partnerships.

  • $2.8 Million Public-Private Partnership To Examine How Surroundings Can Encourage Active Lifestyles
    November 4, 2004
  • City Commission pushing pedestrian-friendly agenda
    January 15, 2004
  • Chewing the Fat
    November 26, 2003
  • Grant promotes physical fitness
    November 24, 2003
  • Happy trails: Want to get to the post office in a hurry? The nearest bike trail may be the best way.
    November 19, 2003
  • Grant set to get Duke City on its feet
    November 18, 2003
  • Nashville gets $200,000 grant
    November 17, 2003
  • Foot soldiers in push for walkable Seattle
    November 14, 2003
  • Middle Tennessee briefs: Project to encourage exercise
    November 14, 2003
  • Grant promotes pedestrian friendly neighborhood
    November 13, 2003
  • National Effort Launched to Increase Physical Activity; 25 Communities to Promote Active Living
    November 13, 2003
  • Ho-Chunk Development gets Active Living grant
    November 13, 2003
  • Slavic Village grant may get folks to pick up fitness pace
    November 13, 2003
  • Health woes, suburban living are linked in national study: Sprawl is cited as strong factor in obesity rate
    August 29, 2003
  • Walk the healthy way
    July 9, 2003
  • Battling the bulge in the burbs
    June 11, 2003
  • AJPM Page
    December 4, 2009

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  • Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?
    By Diansheng Dong and Biing-Hwan Lin
  • Neighborhood Environments: Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods in the U.S.
    Nicole I. Larson, PhD, MPH, RD , Mary T. Story, PhD, RD, Melissa C. Nelson, PhD, RD
  • Study: Rural Folk Have Higher Risk For Obesity
    By Lisa Hare
  • Bid to make corner stores snacks healthier for kids
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  • Latino Childhood Obesity Fact Sheet
  • Leadership for Healthy Communities Conference
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