Living Better: What it takes to get healthy in America

Good health depends on more than daily exercise and a healthy diet. Access to safe housing, good schools and a decent job are important too.

Poor diet, lack of exercise, stress and trauma, all drive America’s declining life expectancy and increasing rates of chronic disease. So how can we live better in America? NPR looks for answers.

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