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First Lady Michelle Obama today asked parents to help build a nationwide map of playgrounds on kaboom.org, the Web site of national non-profit KaBOOM!

The request came as Mrs. Obama promoted her “Let’s Move!” anti-obesity campaign at a national conference of PTA members here.

“It’s about making sure our communities have safe places for kids to play,” she said. “There’s this terrific non-profit — KaBOOM! — that’s working to do this. Right now they’re working to map every single playground in the country so that parents can find the closest one in their neighborhood, and I encourage you to check it out and add the playgrounds in your own community to their list.”

The playspace map can be found on the KaBOOM! Web site, kaboom.org. Users can find local places to play, add their own entries, rate and review playgrounds, and more.

Just as Ms. Obama discussed “food deserts,” communities where parents don’t have access to grocery stores to purchase healthy foods, there are also “play deserts” communities that lack parks and playgrounds for children to use every day. According to a Harris Interactive Poll KaBOOM! conducted, 82% of parents believe that children today do not spend enough time playing outside because 59% of

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