Oakland County residents are among the healthiest in Michigan, according to the latest rankings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with fewer lighting up, more hitting the gym and more pushing themselves away from the dinner table.Each year the foundation ranks the state's counties in broad categories such as health outcomes, health behaviors, length of life, quality of life, access to clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment.
Healthy Choices Are Paying Off In Oakland County
By Andrea Peck apeck@digitalfirstmedia.com @AndreaPeck24 on Twitter, The Oakland Press
Mon, 04/23/2018 - 11:46am
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