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February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Park availability, features (facilities and amenities) and quality across different income and race/ethnicity levels is examined in this study.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Strengthening the awareness of the benefits of local parks is a useful option to successfully promoting physical activity and health.
July 1, 2010 | Report
A look at the challenges to developing a sustainable business model and key components of success.
August 1, 2009 | Report
Strong investments in biking and walking infrastructure can boost physical activity and help reduce obesity rates, yet such investment varies by region.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Rural youth are at greater risk for obesity than children in urban areas. This report applies active living concepts, which emphasize the interaction of environmental factors with individual behaviors, to a study of physical activity (PA) among rural youth.
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
January 26, 2010 | Story
Zhu learned that walking to school is a complicated matter. But she quickly discovered that choosing to walk to school "is such a complex problem that it cannot be simplified into a single index.
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines whether public support exists for the creation of traditionally designed communities with a mix of connected residential and commercial properties. Traditionally designed communities may offer environmental and social benefits but are unlikely to be developed unless there is significant public support for their creation.
February 6, 2008 | Story
"I am learning a new field with new tools for research and new theoretical approaches," he says. "And I'm meeting new people and forming new partnerships — definitely."
February 6, 2008 | Story
"Active Living has done such a good job of linking people from different disciplines and pushing ahead with transdisciplinary research," Nelson says.