In Portland has walkable neighborhoods.  The city has light rail so fewer
people must drive.

Judy

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36920305/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

It also has a high rate of breast-feeding, and some research suggests that
protects against obesity.

 

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/05/oregon_kids_show_dec
rease_in_o.html

 

The prevalence of
<http://topics.oregonlive.com/tag/childhood%20obesity/index.html> obesity
among 10- to 17-year olds climbed 10 percent nationwide, and it doubled
among girls in two states: Arizona and Kansas. But Oregon's youth obesity
rate fell by 32 percent between 2003 and 2007, researchers with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services reported this week.

 

 


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