The Potential of Safe, Secure and Accessible Playgrounds to Increase Children's Physical Activity
February 1, 2011 | Report
Active Living Research analyzes evidence regarding how community resources help children and families be active.
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February 1, 2011 | Report
Active Living Research analyzes evidence regarding how community resources help children and families be active.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This updated literature review examines the association between environmental attributes and physical activity among youth.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Parks are important to the well-being of children and adolescents they play an important role in increasing physical activity. This study assesses park use and park-based physical activity among children and adolescents, ages 0 to 18 in 2007.
March 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Got five minutes? Spend it viewing a recent video on walkability from Dan Burden, a reigning expert, who took NewPublic Health on a walkability audit of San Diego during the recent New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. Burden is executive direct ...
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Type of park activity area—court, field, playground, shelter or open space—predicts level of physical activity in children.
November 22, 2011 | Story
City leaders are now finding ways to put pedestrians first—to slow drivers down or get them out of their cars all together.
November 22, 2011 | Story
New sidewalks, medians and raised crosswalks have been created. Sidewalks have been linked to a network of bicycle and pedestrian paths.
November 22, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine whether built environment characteristics (BECs) of school neighborhoods predict active travel to school (ATS) among adolescents in two chiefly rural states found that BECs influence but are not sole predictors of ATS.
September 28, 2011 | Story
Three innovative projects uncover ways to protect mental and physical health by changing the ways people live and interact with each other.