The Somerville Plan

The Somerville Plan

The Somerville Plan

The city of Somerville, Mass., is getting a makeover"¦a fitness makeover. Somerville had more than its fair share of sub and pizza shops and fell within the margins of the nation's obesity problem, so a professor at Tufts University decided to challenge the city's 78,000 residents to change their eating habits by going healthy. The Shaping Up Somerville program was born five years ago, and the idea was pretty simple: Declare a war on fat in the city's homes, restaurants stores and schools, and get people to start exercising more. So far, the program is getting good feedback and results. ABC's John Berman checked in to see how they're doing it.
Ref. ABC Nightline