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Sioux County Healthiest In Iowa

Sioux County Healthiest In Iowa

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A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that Sioux County was the healthiest county in Iowa. The study used thirty factors in the survey, including things like childhood poverty, smoking, college attendance, physical activity and access to health care.

Nancy Dykstra is Executive Director of Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center, and says the study seems to reflect their mission…

 

Dykstra says they have a good health care foundation in the area…

 

Dykstra says a healthy population can show some long term benefits…

 

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