Augusta Health has just completed a community health assessment, revealing high percentages of chronic conditions among residents of Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County — and a lack of the healthy lifestyles needed to curb them.

The next step is to find strategies to put a dent in the disturbing numbers. Politics

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More than 17% of the 860 survey respondents rated their health as fair or poor, but nearly half suffer from high blood pressure and more than a third have some form of diagnosed depression. When asked their top priorities, nearly two-thirds of survey respondents identified nutrition and physical activity, and more than 55% said diabetes.

The lifestyle choices that could improve th

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