Exercise drive targets nine towns and cities - The Guardian 11th November 2008 - The Diigo Meta page

• 11 Nov 08
  

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  Nine areas with high levels of obesity are to be designated "healthy towns" where the NHS and local authorities will use commercial marketing techniques to reward people who adopt healthier lifestyles, the government said

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  Kieran Lamb

  Nine areas with high levels of obesity are to be designated "healthy towns" where the NHS and local authorities will use commercial marketing techniques to reward people who adopt healthier lifestyles, the government said yesterday.
  
  The health secretary, Alan Johnson, allocated £30m to test ways of changing people's behaviour to avert an epidemic of obesity, which he described as England's "biggest health challenge".

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