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The third day of the National Bike Summit is spent visiting congressional offices. The Missouri delegation visited the office of every Missouri member of Congress, holding many productive conversations with members of Congress and staff.

First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the issue of childhood obesity in an address before the U.S. Conference of Mayors today.  According to the Baltimore Sun:

She said nearly one-third of U.S. children now are overweight or obese. She said one-third of today's children eventually will suffer from diabetes, and, in the African American and Latino communities, the proportion will be almost half.

Obesity, she said, "could now be an even greater threat to America's health than smoking." And if the nation stays on its current path, nearly 50 percent of all Americans will be obese in 10 years - "not just overweight, but obese."

MoDOT sent out the following press release today:  

The League of American Bicyclist is reporting that bicycle trips are now 1% of all trips in the U.S.

That doesn't sound like a huge number, but the big story is that the percentage of bicycle trips is increasing--up 25% since 2001.

More details in the Bike League's summary here.

The Missouri Foundation for Bicycling and Walking is pleased to announce that the Safe Routes to School National Partnership selected Missouri to participate in the 2010 and 2011 phase of the State Network Project.  Nineteen states and the District of Columbia were chosen to participate in this project, which is being funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Permane

We'd like to create the most effective State Network possible--you can help by forwarding this announcement to organizations, agencies, and public officials and inviting them to participate

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