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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Promotes Active Communities

November 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, which has worked for 18 years to create dedicated walking and bicycling pathways nationwide, developed a health-related component for the organization's 2001 and 2003 conferences.

Designing a Healthier Community

November 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

For its September/October 2003 issue, the American Journal of Health Promotion published a special issue entitled "Health Promoting Community Design."

Awards for Heroes Who Create Healthy Schools

October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The National Dairy Council developed the Healthy School Heroes Awards, through which 27 individuals received public recognition for exemplary work to create health-promoting schools in 2002.

Meeting to Cut the Fat

October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy convened 47 public and private sector professionals on August 14-15, 2003, in Washington for a roundtable, "Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity: Toward a Roadmap for Advocacy and Action."

Articles Tell Readers the Shape They're in, and How to Fix it

August 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

In 2003, Public Access Journalism produced a five-part newspaper series, available online, entitled The Shape We're In, which examines factors contributing to the rising number of obese and overweight Americans.

Increased Exercise Does Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease for People Over 75

July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

From 2001 through 2003, Stanford University researchers conducted two analyses of survey responses from participants of the College Alumni Health Study to examine the influence of physical activity and other lifestyle factors on the development of cardiovascular disease and other illnesses in elderly men and women.

Conference Reports

July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Cooper Institute of Dallas, Texas, convened two annual conferences, in October 2001 and October 2002, and published papers from the conferences in two supplements to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.