Safe Routes to School is one with great potential to get children walking and biking to school again. The program uses federal grants to make road and sidewalk repairs aimed at getting kids to school safely on foot or bicycle. The money also supports efforts to get the community, school officials and others involved.

The causes of obesity are varied and complex, but the lack of daily physical activity is an important factor.

It isn't unusual to see children climb into a car every morning to be ferried to the front door of a school that's just a few blocks away.

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