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CITY SLEEKERS. Where we live plays an important role in how much we exercise and in how healthy we are

The next time you’re feeling a bit under the weather and need some medical advice, don’t call a doctor.

Call a real estate developer.

"In many ways," Dr. Richard Jackson said, "they have more of an impact on the health of the nation than all of us doctors wagging our fingers."

A pediatrician, professor and one of the nation’s leading experts in the field of public health, Jackson isn’t referring to the diagnostic capabilities of developers. He’s referring to the powerful — and often overlooked — impact the communities they build have on the health of those who live in them.

Dana Perrigan, Special to The Chronicle

Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/20/REGMLKLAOE1.DTL

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