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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Tracking and Analyzing Trail Use in Indianapolis
October 2, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers examined patterns of trail use, analyzed the relationship between use and physical characteristics, and created statistical models that can be used to better understand trail use in other states or communities.
Women Who Walk: Study Looks at the Impact of Neighborhood Design
October 2, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at Cornell University College of Human Ecology examined walking patterns of women moving into neighborhoods designed following new urbanism principles and women moving into traditional suburban neighborhoods.
Assessing an Effort to Promote Safe Parks, Streets and Schools in Washington Heights/Inwood
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).
Improving Health in an Aging Society
January 1, 2006 | Book
Statistics that show aging of the American population have led health experts to issue dire warnings. Many concerns about this vulnerable population and the strain it may place on social service programs are warranted, but focusing only on the chall ...
PBS Produces "America's Walking" Series to Encourage Daily Exercise and Walkable Communities
January 1, 2006 | Program Result
Connecticut Public Broadcasting developed, produced, distributed and promoted 21 half-hour episodes of America's Walking, a television series aimed at inspiring viewers to increase their daily activity and to create more walkable communities.
Project Encourages Bike-Friendly Communities Through Awards Program and Website
March 25, 2006 | Program Result
The Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign is an awards program of the League of American Bicyclists (incorporated as the League of American Wheelmen) that recognizes municipalities that actively support bicycling.
New Jersey Leaders Get a Lesson in Activity-Friendly Community Design
March 1, 2006 | Program Result
New Jersey mayors play a key role in decisions regarding land use planning and design in their communities yet, many lack good information about the connection between community design and public health.
Media Briefing Highlights Findings of 2005 National Conference on Childhood Obesity
April 1, 2006 | Program Result
Hager Sharp, a Washington public relations firm, developed fact sheets and briefing materials, and held a media briefing for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' second national conference on obesity.
Evaluating Programs to Get Sedentary Women to Increase Their Physical Activity Levels
June 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., evaluated the extent to which Choose To Move and Jump Start, two print-based self-help interventions, increased physical activity among sedentary women.
Three Maryland Communities Get Help Improving Their Walking Environments
June 1, 2006 | Program Result
The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland worked in three diverse Maryland communities to assess the implementation and likely impact of new land use and zoning codes on the walking environment.