CBS Puts Spotlight on Nature-Deficit Disorder
CBS News – August 06, 2009
Watch CBS Videos Online Are your children suffering from "Nature-Deficit Disorder"? Today, kids are spending more and more time engaged in sedentary, indoor activities, which is contributing to an obesity epidemic. But that doesn't have to be. Backpacker magazine Editor in Chief Jonathan Dorn shared on "The Early Show" Thursday his team's top five picks from its 25 best cities in America for raising an outdoorsy kid. From Boulder, Colo. to Burlington, Vt., the magazin up with the best places to beat so-called "Nature-Deficit Disorder." What is "Nature-Deficit Disorder"? The term is non-medical and was made popular by Richard Louv,… Fair Use Notice
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