In Atlanta, I’m sitting in a conference room with roughly 30 advocates from the public health sector who are here to talk about the work they are doing throughout the country in preventative health.
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This article reviews research on the association between physical activity among school-aged children and academic outcomes.
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This article focuses on the relationship between the built environment, travel behavior, and public health outcomes.
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Adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles by substituting walking or biking for short trips currently taken by car could simultaneously improve health and reduce oil consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
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This study examines the association between traffic-related pollution and childhood asthma among 208 children in 10 communities in Southern California.
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School proximity to students matters. Students with shorter walk and bike times to school are more likely to walk or bike.
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Using objective measurement to investigate the physical activity patterns of children by mode of travel to school, this study reports that children who walk to school are significantly more active than those who travel by car.
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Walking and cycling are dangerous ways to get around American cities. Walking and cycling can be made safer, demonstrated by the lower fatality and injury rates in the Netherlands and Germany.
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Because of travel behavior differences, school location has an impact on air emissions.
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This page with shared use agreements allows the user to explore this community health strategy to assist partners make change at the local level.
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This research study examines the social, educational, and psychological correlates of weight status in an adolescent population of 4,742 male and 5,201 female public school students in the 7th, 9th, and 11th grades.
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Key Takeaway: Short bouts of physical activity like walking may be associated with improved concentration among some children.
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This article reviews research about involvement in a regular physical activity program and academic performance with a focus on associated changes of cognitive or psychomotor function.
Since the release of the Senate transportation bill back in November, we have faced the specter of a transportation bill in which state departments of transportation would make the sole decisions about whether to dedicate any funding to Safe Routes to School, bicycling and walking.
On Wednesday, March 14, the full Senate passed MAP-21, a two-year transportation reauthorization bill (more details).
Whoever says rules are made to be broken is not aware of this interesting fact: Safe Routes to School-related laws have been effective in reducing injuries and increasing walking and bicycling to school.
May is National Bike Month, and May 9 marks the first ever official National Bike to School Day. Events celebrating bicycling and encouraging more ridership are taking place all throughout the country. The weather is warm, spring has sprung and flo
Jeanie Ward-Waller is a structural engineer who also holds two masters degrees. After working as a civil engineer on building construction for four years, Jeanie decided to do something big, bold and very different.
Katie Couric said on CBS national news, ‘There is something so right about a kid on a bike’.
As I have reflected on yet another busy month with the Regional network project, I have thought about why the work the regional policy managers are doing is so unique, yet so pivotal, at this point in time.