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January 1, 2009 | Commentary
In this commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference, Philip Insall of Sustrans, a UK nonprofit organization, shares his insights into how research can be used to shape policies that encourage people to travel on foot or by bicycle.
August 25, 2009 | Story
The relative strength of physical activity policies for elementary-, middle- and high-school students.
March 25, 2009 | Book
Passing a school health policy bill is not enough. Program refinements, monitoring and accountability measures, as well as supportive communitywide efforts, are necessary to achieve the legislation's goals, according to this evaluation of a bill mandating physical education time and school health education.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers with the Health Policy Tracking Service of Netscan iPublishing identified, analyzed, monitored and reported on state legislative, regulatory and policy initiatives focused on child and adolescent nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
October 2, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University prepared a case study of CODES (Community Outreach and Development Efforts Save).
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
National experts recommend that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, but many children do not. This brief describes school and community strategies that can help kids be active.
February 20, 2013 | Program Result
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted five public forums and produced a report, Lots to Lose: How America's Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Research data presented at public meetings help policy-makers better understand issues related to childhood obesity.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A new policy was set in place in 2009, adopted by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) after audits revealed that the district was not enforcing physical education (PE) minute requirements.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The association between PE polices at the district and school level, as well as the overall PE environment, and PE and recess time is addressed in this study.