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Published online 4 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040531-6
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Obesity fight targets town plans
More pavements may encourage Americans to walk.
Public-health officials in the United States are proposing a new and drastic way to fight the onslaught of obesity: they want to redesign entire towns to make them exercise-friendly.
The suggestion comes amid increasing concern over the population's growing girth: around two-thirds of adult Americans are now classed as overweight or obese.
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