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Designing Healthy Communities

September 3, 2010

America Walks Advisory Committee member, Richard J. Jackson, MD., is featured in a new series, Designing Healthy Communities. Building for active lifestyles is a key, as Dr. Jackson engagingly explains.   
How do we address public health epidemics like obesity, heart disease, depression, and diabetes? The answer may lie in the environments we inhabit. In Designing Healthy Communities, community leaders and citizens alike construct roads, parks, schools, and offices to transform our lives. Click here to watch the video.