Resource Library

Recent research suggests that racial residential segregation may be detrimental to health.

This study combined accelerometer and GPS data to investigate the level and location of physical activity in children walking to school.

Physical activity (PA) has been hypothesized to spare gray matter volume in late adulthood, but longitudinal data testing an association has been lacking.

This study looks at the magnitude, direction, and statistical significance of the relationship between active travel and rates of physical activity, obesity, and diabetes.

Objective: The paper reviews the scientific literature concerning social differences in traffic injuries in childhood in order to highlight the current state of knowledge and to draw the main lines of a research agenda.


This paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research is the first to estimate the impact of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogeneity of weight and to reduce the bias from reporting error in weight.

This study examines changes in state-specific obesity and overweight prevalence among US children and adolescents between 2003 and 2007 through a cross-sectional analysis of National Survey of Children’s Health data.

This paper presents a systematic literature review of experimental or observational studies that objectively evaluated the effect of the built environment on cycling.

Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution, decreased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollution and risk of a traffic accident may prevail.

This article by building design and construction design includes successful examples of joint use in Santa Ana, CA; Canton, OH and Wheaton, Ill.

In summary, public schools in most states are subject to liability in some situations that could arise out of the recreational use of school facilities. 

This joint use agreement chronicles the agreement between the City of Homer and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. 

This resource is geared toward California communities who may need assistance with talking points for joint use.

Commuters are exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, but little quantitative information is currently available on differences in exposure between different modes of transport, routes, and fuel types.

School facilities and grounds are integral components of public infrastructure that provide students with space to learn, socialize, and exercise. 

This study examines the impact of integrating physical activity with elementary curricula on fluid intelligence and academic achievement.

This study is the first to explore the association between childhood aerobic fitness and basal ganglia structure and function.

This is is a study of how successfully addressing childhood onset obesity requires multilevel (individual, community, and governmental), multi-agency collaboration.

This study tested whether PA would be associated with greater gray matter volume after a 9-year follow-up, a threshold could be identified for the amount of walking necessary to spare gray matter volume, and greater gray matter volume associated with PA would be associated with a reduced risk for cognitive impairment 13 years after the PA evaluation.

This study examines whether childhood obesity affects student achievement and whether these effects differ by family income level.