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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Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color
National Program
To build state and national momentum to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity through strategic investment in those communities most affected.
The Built Environment and Location-Based Physical Activity
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study used GPS and accelerometers, physical activity monitoring equipment, to track physical activity around home and work locations. There is evidence that certain neighborhood characteristics, including land-use mix and population density, influence physical activity among residents.
New Logo and Trail Signs Identify 2,600-Mile East Coast Greenway Urban Walking and Biking Trail
March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The East Coast Greenway Alliance created a logo and trail signs to promote the use of the East Cost Greenway, a 2,600-mile urban walking and biking trail that will link cities and towns from Maine to Florida.
The Path to Active Living
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the work of the Somerville Active Living by Design Partnership. The authors report on the partnership between Active Living by Design and community organizations and assess the key successes and challenges of the project.
Obesity Prevention in Children: Synergy with the Diabetes Initiative
March 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Diabetes Initiative extended its work to preventing or reducing childhood obesity, within four of its 14 diabetes-focused projects. The pilot projects targeted children ages 3 to 12 at greatest risk for obesity, particularly children in low-income communities.
Fitchburg, Mass.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
Somerville, Mass.
December 2, 2008 | Story
Somerville, Mass. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.
Popular Commuter Bikeway Designed to Extend from Downtown Boston to Somerville
June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Friends of the Community Path, a Somerville, Mass., citizens' group, helped raise funds to design a new 2.5-mile extension of a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that, when completed, will connect a popular commuter bikeway to downtown Boston.
Timely Health Messages Boost Stair Use in Boston Subway by 4.3 Percent
June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From January 2002 to October 2003, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a new automated technology for counting stair users.