Transportation reform IS health care reform!

Transportation For America October 2009
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Transportation reform IS health care reform!

With the debate over health care reform dominating the news, Transportation for America brought physicians, health policy experts and Julia Lopez, a 14-year-old who advocates for children's health, to Capitol Hill in order to highlight the often neglected impact that transportation has on our health.

In more than 35 meetings with legislators and staff, the group explained how where we live, work and play has a profound impact on the rates of obesity, diabetes, asthma and other quality of life measures. And they connected the dots to policies that can keep us healthier by reducing exposure to pollution, increasing walkability and making physical activity a normal part of our daily routine.

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FAST FACTS

Each year air pollution triggers over a million asthma attacks, more than 47,000 cases of chronic bronchitis in adults and 540,000 cases of acute bronchitis in children and kills 70,000 people.

Source: Transportation For America Health Fly-In Statistics 2009.
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by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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