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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Introduction to the Active Living Research Supplement
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
In a supplement to the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, important interventional strategies aimed toward understanding disparities in environments and policies that support active living are discussed
Using Evidence to Create Active Communities: Stories from the Field--Policy and Research with Chicago's Child Care Centers
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving child care standards relating to nutrition, physical activity, and screen-time was a joint resolution passed by the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.
Gender Differences in Self-Report Physical Activity and Park and Recreation Facility Use Among Latinos in Wake County, North Carolina
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Public parks and recreational facilities offer Latinos a viable option for physical activity (PA).
The Perceived and Built Environment Surrounding Urban Schools and Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The relationship between perceptions of the built environment and the physical environment surrounding schools predicts levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
Individual-and Area-Level Disparities in Access to the Road Network, Subway System and a Public Bicycle Share Program on the Island of Montreal, Canada
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Higher populations of low-income and low-education residents had greater access to the subway and bicycle share program.
Predictors of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) in African American Young Adolescents
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Demographics and family social support influence physical activity in African American adolescents according to this study.
Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent-Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The largest proportion of joint MVPA occurred in residential locations. Obese children were less likely to perform joint MVPA with their parent in open spaces/parks than in residential locations.
Trends in Presentations of Environmental and Policy Studies Related to Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity at Society of Behavioral Medicine, 1995-2010
October 3, 2012 | Journal Article
Funding support from such programs as RWJF’s Active Living Research and others increased the number of studies on environmental and policy research topics related to obesity, nutrition, and physical activity over the past 15 years.
Active Living Research
December 20, 2012 | Program Result
Active Living Research is an ongoing national program to identify environmental factors and policies that can substantially increase levels of physical activity and to provide policy-makers with evidence about how to create more activity-friendly communities.
Neighborhood Factors Influence Physical Activity Among African American and Hispanic or Latina Women
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Interventions to increase physical activity must address neighborhood factors related to traffic safety.