By KEN CARLSON
BEE STAFF WRITER
MODESTO BEE

Last Updated: June 23, 2005, 09:28:27 AM PDT

Doctors may never list urban sprawl as a cause on a patient's death certificate, but it isn't good for people's health, the state's public health officer said Wednesday.
In one of his last speeches as California's top health official, Dr. Richard Jackson said conventional urban planning is a culprit in health problems such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, depression and the constant stress commuters experience.

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