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August 30, 2007: Headlines

Fat in Seattle – and the suburbs

Posted Thu, Aug 30, 11 a.m.

A new University of Washington study of obesity patterns in greater Seattle zip codes suggests that income levels, poverty, and neighborhood deprivation are predictors of weight problems.

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Want to save Puget Sound? Do the science first

Posted Thu, Aug 30, 5 a.m.

Inadequate data to measure results have undercut restorations of other large bodies of water, like Chesapeake Bay. Leaders of the new Puget Sound Partnership know this, but whether they can avoid that mistake here remains to be seen. Bureaucracies have a tendency to keep throwing money at projects that aren't working.

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A stroll in the park and across the cut

Posted Thu, Aug 30, 5 a.m.

Third of four parts: Days 3 and 4 of a walk around Lake Washington bring appreciation of Seattle's parks, especially the Arboretum and the Burke-Gilman Trail. And there's time to imagine the scene prior to the Montlake Cut, which changed the lake forever in 1917.

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