Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
Earlier this week the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a well-researched and -referenced policy statement: In sum, sprawl is not good for our children's health. Old-fashioned neighborhoods are, and so may be newer smart growth based on traditional neighborhood models....continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
More and more, this blog seems to be about walkable communities. I didn’t plan it that way, exactly, but from complete streets to obesity to Google’s walking directions to America’s most walkable cities, I seem to have this recurring theme. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) has released its latest numbers on obesity and the prevalence of overweight people in the US. Once again, they aren’t pretty.Publishing its findings for 2007 state-by-state, the CDC found that not a single state...continued→
