Report Card Says Mass. Lags in Health

WBUR
July 19, 2011

A new report says Massachusetts has plenty of room for improvement when it comes to helping people avoid the doctor’s office by leading a healthy lifestyle...the report released by the Boston Foundation and the New England Healthcare Institute scored the state on 14 areas of public health. The state earned no A’s and five B’s for efforts to build walking paths and bike lanes, promote farmers’ markets and encourage workplace health programs.

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