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...advertising campaigns to promote such unwholesome products. Schools, in particular, "have become nutritional disaster areas," says Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard pediatrician who directs the obesity program at Children's Hospital Boston. Experts like Ludwig and Brownell are equally worried about what's missing from the landscape: sidewalks and bike paths; neighborhoods with safe, accessible parks and stores you can walk to; daily physical-education classes in public schools; and staircases in office buildings. "We've created environments that are hostile to physical activity," says psychologist James Sallis, director of the Active Living Research Program at San Diego State University...
...Columbia, Mo., a lot of people are trying--really trying--to get their neighbors biking and walking. In case you haven't heard, exercise has many advantages. For anyone trying to keep off weight, the simple activity of putting one foot in front of another is surprisingly useful. So in mid-May, Mayor Darwin Hindman, who at 71 still bikes to work, kicked off Bike, Walk and Wheel Week to coax residents to commute and shop without cars. Mayor Hindman and local Congressman Kenny Hulshof led dozens of cyclists on a 4-mile ride. A week later, volunteers were serving...
There's just one problem. If you want to travel by foot or even by bike in Columbia, it's not that easy to get where you need to go. Most of the homes aren't located anywhere near stores. And just walking around the neighborhood can be a challenge, since more than half the streets lack sidewalks. Not long ago the local planning and zoning commission proposed an ordinance that would require broad pedestrian and cycling paths along new and rebuilt streets. But the town council tabled the measure until more could be learned about potential costs, promising...
...signatures to get on the ballot. "It's a very good time to be doing it right now, at graduations," Nader ventured, "and sporting events and churches." Someone else proposed canvassing obvious lefty hangouts like vegan restaurants and bookstore cafes. The volunteers briefly debated waylaying people on bike paths, and then decided doing so would probably annoy them. But Nader's Virginia campaign coordinator, Jim Polk, knew where to find a mother lode of registered voters willing to put their names on a Nader petition. "Truck pulls," Polk said, patting his well-traveled clipboard as he suggested a quintessential...
...helmet is probably the most cost-effective safety device ever made, and yet only 41% of kids ages 5 to 14 wear one while on bikes, scooters or skates, according to a study by the National Safekids Campaign. And even among those who do, 35% wear them improperly--a tragic lapse, considering that head injuries account for 80% of bike-related fatalities...