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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Active Living by Design
February 4, 2013 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2009, 25 community partnerships across the country pursued projects designed to revamp the built environment and change public policies to make physical activity part of everyday life.
Walkable Communities and Adolescent Weight
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The odds of student overweight or obesity decreased if they lived in communities with higher walkability index scores according to this study.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
February 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
In Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, partnerships in 49 communities nationwide are changing local policies and revamping the physical environment to foster healthy living and prevent childhood obesity.
School Physical Activity Environment Related to Student Obesity and Activity
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Institute of Medicine recommends that children expend 50 percent of their daily energy while in school. This study investigated associations between physical education requirements, physical activity, and body weight using a nationally representative sample of U.S. students
ROCK!
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
On October 28-30, 1998, the Richmond, Va., Department of Public Health (DPH) held a conference on local initiatives to promote fitness entitled, FRONTRUNNERS: Local Governments Taking the Lead in Fitness Promotion.
Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
IOM report identifies 58 promising actions for local governments to consider taking.
Fostering Community Support to Increase Physical Activity by Low-Income, Elderly
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The City of Richmond (Va.) Department of Public Health held a conference, "FRONTRUNNERS II: Breaking Down Barriers to Physical Activity," on practical approaches to removing barriers to community-wide physical activity among low-income and elderly populations.
An Action Agenda for Schools and Communities to Fight Obesity
July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.
Padres Unidos Advocates for Recess Before Lunch
April 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Healthy Students, Healthy Minds project of Padres Unidos is working with Denver school board officials to implement a recess-before-lunch policy in all public schools, a schedule that gets kids to eat better and reduces discipline problems.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places in Communities of Color
April 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
Communities Creating Healthy Environments aims to curb childhood obesity in communities of color by using community organizing for social justice to advocate for policy changes color. Read this report on its progress.