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Shape Up Somerville In the News!
Shape Up Somerville frequently makes the news. Below is a sample of newspaper and magazine articles, along with television and radio pieces.
A District Tackles Childhood Obesity
from the American Association of School Administrators
January 2008 Number 1, Vol. 65| Healthy Bodies, Well Minds
As Childhood Obesity Surges, One Town Finds Way to Slim
Wall Street Journal
article printed May 10, 2007
Shape Up Somerville Makes a Splash
U.S. Food Policy blog entry first published 5/14/2007.
The Path to Active Living
American Journal of Preventive Medicine Article
by Noreen Burke, Virginia R. Chomitz, Nicole A. Rioles, Stephen P. Winslow, Lisa B. Brukilacchio, and Jessie C. Baker. Volume 37, Issue 6, Supplement 2 , Pages S386-S394, December 2009
WGBH's
Need to Know
Program
Shape Up Somerville, featuring the bicycling instructional program at the Winter Hill Community School, is featured in the first part of this 60 minute TV program that aired 9/24/2010.