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Project Encourages Bike-Friendly Communities Through Awards Program and Website

March 25, 2006 | Program Results Report

The Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign is an awards program of the League of American Bicyclists (incorporated as the League of American Wheelmen) that recognizes municipalities that actively support bicycling.

Committee Examines How the Built Environment Influences Physical Activity Levels

April 22, 2006 | Program Results Report

The Transportation Research Board and the Institute of Medicine formed a 14-member committee to examine the connection between the built environment and the physical activity levels of the U.S. population.

Designing for Active Transportation

February 1, 2005 | Issue Brief

This research summary gives a synopsis of the current state of peer-reviewed research into what makes a community "walkable" or "bikeable."

Designing for Active Recreation

February 1, 2005 | Issue Brief

This research summary gives a synopsis of the current state of peer-reviewed research into what constitutes an activity-friendly environment for recreational physical activity.

Fellowships Bring Student Leaders to Miami for Active-Living-by-Design Meeting

April 29, 2004 | Program Results Report

The Congress for the New Urbanism sponsored the Active Living by Design Student Fellowship Program to fund student attendance at its tenth anniversary meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., in June 2002.

2002 Summit with Leaders of Distressed Neighborhoods Explores Relationship Between Built Environment, Physical Activity and Health

April 27, 2004 | Program Results Report

PolicyLink held a summit, Promoting Regional Equity: A National Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice and Smart Growth, from November 17-19, 2002 in Los Angeles.

The Active Living Programs

January 1, 2008 | Book

As a consequence of sedentary lifestyles, obesity rates have climbed dramatically over the last half-century, leading to increases in diabetes, heart attacks and other illnesses.

Using Built Environment Characteristics to Predict Walking for Exercise

February 29, 2008 | Journal Article

Results of previous studies have been inconsistent about whether the environment close to home affects the likelihood of residents partaking in physical activity. This paper finds no significant association between an individual's surrounding environment and walking for exercise.

Neighborhood Characteristics and Hypertension

July 1, 2008 | Journal Article

This study showed an association between neighborhood factors such as poor walkability and safety and less availability to healthy foods on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). When race/ethnicity was adjusted for socioeconomic indicators the associations were attenuated. More work is needed to clarify the association between race, neighborhood characteristics and CVD.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Florida During the 2004 Hurricane Season

April 1, 2007 | Journal Article

Generators are sources of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning when used in poorly ventilated spaces or too near inhabited buildings.

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