The environment in which you live can make it easier, or more challenging, to be physically active. Many Americans have become sedentary over the years because physical activity has been slowly engineered out of our lives. Physical changes to communities can create safe, healthy environments that encourage and promote active living.
Physical Activity
You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 43 results
Sort results by:
RWJF Nurse Scientist Discovers New Health Benefits of Tai Chi
February 6, 2013 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar finds that stroke survivors who practice Tai Chi may be less likely to fall.
Changes in Physical Functioning in the Active Living Every Day Program of the Active for Life Initiative®
June 30, 2010 | Journal Article
Participants in a community physical activity program for older adults showed improvements in physical functioning.
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
April 15, 2011 | Story
A profile of the evaluator, Sara Wilcox, PhD.
Older Adults Can Get Moving: New Screening Tool Tailors Activities to Individual Needs
September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Texas A& M Health Science Center undertook a comprehensive overview of methods used to screen older people before they begin exercise regimens.
Challenging Aging Stereotypes
October 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Strategies for Creating a More Active Society
What Works in Physical Activity Programs for Sedentary Older Adults?
August 11, 2010 | Program Result Report
The National Council on Aging identified 10 best practice physical activity programs, disseminated information on them via issue briefs and put information on the programs studied on a Web-based directory.
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
April 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
Active for Life studied how to deliver and sustain research-based physical activity programs in real-world settings so that large numbers of older Americans could benefit from them.
Kids and Adults Together After School
September 21, 2009 | Program Result Report
The OASIS mission is to enrich the lives of mature adults by engaging them in lifelong learning and service programs so they can learn, lead and contribute in their communities.
Recruiting and Engaging Participants in California and Washington, DC
December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report
Lessons were learned from three recruitment experiences: Blue Shield of California; the Health Department of San Mateo County/Berkeley City Health Department and the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, D.C.
FirstHealth of the Carolinas Faces Inactivity and Obesity in its Communities
December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report
FirstHealth delivered Active Living Every Day to 936 people over the four years of RWJF funding. Although RWJF funding for Active Living Every Day ended in 2007, FirstHealth has continued and significantly expanded the program.