For decades, environmentalists, walking and biking advocates and neighborhood activists have been trying with small success to stop urban sprawl and encourage planners to think "fewer cars, more walking." But now physicians and scientists also are turning their attention toward developing communities to advance the cause of "active living" - daily physical movement, the easier and more natural, the better.
The Centers for Disease Control are working on establishing a link between urban sprawl and obesity, concentrating on related diseases like diabetes and heart problems.
With emerging health data making the call for smart planning more effective, the money will follow, advocates say. It's happened before, they point out, with the environmental movement and the fight against Big Tobacco.
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