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Each year the Foundation and our grantees produce materials that reflect our philanthropic investments. Below is a sampling—books, book chapters, journal articles, reports, audiovisuals and newsletters—produced in 2004. Copies may not be available through the Foundation.

Action for Healthy Kids. Criteria for Evaluating School-Based Approaches to Increasing Good Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Washington: Action for Healthy Kids, 2004.
Available at: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/special_exclusive.php.

This report defines a set of standard criteria for creating and evaluating school-based approaches for improving nutrition and physical activity.

Active Living Research. Fact Sheets. San Diego: San Diego State University Foundation, 2004.

What the Research Tells Us summarizes the Active Living initiative and suggests ways to use the Recreation and Transportation Fact Sheets.

Designing for Active Recreation summarizes the scientific studies from the health field about the types of environments that are activity friendly.

Designing for Active Transportation summarizes the current state of research into the way community design is related to whether people walk or bicycle to get to where they’re going.

Health Policy Tracking Service. Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity: A Report from the Health Policy Tracking Service. Falls Church: Netscan iPublishing, Inc., 2004. Available at: www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=1257&ia=138.

Health Policy Tracking Service noted a considerable increase in the amount of legislation introduced related to nutrition and physical activity and in the attention these issues received in statehouses across the country. This year-end report provides a recap of significant state initiatives.

Institute of Medicine. Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance. Washington: National Academies Press, 2004. Available at: www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=22596.

This report provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social, environmental, and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence.

Powell L, Slater S, et al. “Relationship Between Community Physical Activity Settings and Race, Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status.” Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine, 1(2): 135–144, 2004. Available at: www.openmindjournals.com/EBPM1-2-Powell.htm.

This study provides evidence on the association between the availability of community-level physical activity-related settings and race, ethnicity and socio-economic status.

Sturm R and Cohen D. “Suburban Sprawl and Physical and Mental Health.” Public Health, 118(7): 488–496, 2004. Available at: www.sciencedirect.com.

This research article finds a significant association between suburban sprawl and physical health and implies that suburban design may be an important factor in health promotion and disease prevention.