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.
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Are You Sitting Down for This?
April 26, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Standing while working has become a way-of-work for some of the NewPublicHealth staff, and most report that after a brief breaking in-period the foot aches give way to a more alert, healthier-feeling workday. So we were amused, and delighted, to see ...
Can a Game of Tag Help Combat Bullying?
April 17, 2012 | News Release
New Research from Mathematica and Stanford shows a healthy recess can reduce bullying, improve learning time.
Grantee Helps Motivate Kids to Get Healthy
February 28, 2012 | Story
A successful program brings teachers and physicians together to combat childhood obesity by showing kids how to make good health a natural part of learning.
Investigating Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Using Ecological Momentary Assessment with Mobile Phones
June 3, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines whether an electronic Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) protocol that gathers data via mobile phone is a viable mechanism to track activity patterns of children. This technology could be a valuable source of information on childhood activity and obesity.
Factors Associated with Bicycle and Pedestrian Investments
May 19, 2010 | Report
New reports recommend how transportation dollars can help improve community health.
Physical Activity is Essential
January 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Therefore, a main priority of action for 2012 should be for physical activity to play a more central role in the policy discourse. As work hours continue to increase, the pressures families face to have a dual income persist, and the struggles of si ...
Active Living for Rural Children
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to identify perceived environmental factors that support or impede rural children's physical activity found a wide range of both barriers to and opportunities for physical activity, with a focus on rural-specific hindering factors.
A Spatial Agent-Based Model for the Simulation of Adults' Daily Walking Within a City
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A spatial agent-based model (ABM) simulation of individuals' walking behavior in a city demonstrated that ABMs can effectively formalize the dynamic processes behind and facilitate understanding of individuals' walking behavior.
Asking Realtors and Developers: What factors promote the development and sale of housing in activity-friendly neighborhoods?
June 20, 2011 | Program Result
In 2009, researchers with the Prevention Research Center surveyed 4,950 realtors and 162 developers about factors that influence the building of, and buyer demand for, activity-friendly communities.
Special Supplement to Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Presents Findings of Texas-Wide School-Based Fitness Testing
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This September 2010 special supplement analyzes and evaluates the Texas Youth Fitness Study from a number of perspectives.