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Researchers assessed the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention programs by reviewing all interventional studies that aimed to improve diet, physical activity, or both and that were conducted in schools, homes, primary care clinics, childcare settings, the community, or combinations of these settings in high-income countries.

Part one of a two-part series discussing the role of regional governments in Safe Routes to School.

As the incidence of pediatric obesity and sedentary lifestyle increases, more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, formerly a chronic disease primarily of adults who were overweight and had a sedentary lifestyle.

Communities are seeking new ways to help stretch lean budgets and meet changing resident needs. 

Communities are seeking new ways to help stretch lean budgets and meet changing resident needs. 

Epidemic increases in obesity negatively affect the health of US children, individually and at the population level. Although surveillance of childhood obesity at the local level is challenging, height and weight data routinely collected by school districts are valuable and often underused public health resources.

This pilot study examined the effects of a teacher-taught, locomotor skill (LMS)-based physical activity (PA) program on the LMS and PA levels of minority preschooler-aged children.

The role of exposure to air pollution in the development of allergic sensitization remains unclear. We sought to assess the development of sensitization until school age related to longitudinal exposure to air pollution from road traffic.

With the growing rate of obesity, the high cost of gas and climate change, we must rethink and reshape our transportation systems and networks to promote active transportation, with public health practitioners playing a key role. 

A recent paper in the economics literature finds an inverse relationship between gasoline prices and obesity risk—suggesting that increased gasoline prices via higher gasoline taxes may have the effect of reducing obesity prevalence. This study builds upon that paper.

Recent research suggests the burden of childhood asthma that is attributable to air pollution has been underestimated in traditional risk assessments, and there are no estimates of these associated costs.

Automobile exhaust contains precursors to ozone and fine particulate matter (PM ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter; PM_2.5), posing health risks. Dependency on car commuting also reduces physical fitness opportunities.

This resource is a policy statement that describes the goals of the Greater Washington Regional Safe Routes to School Network.

Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest population shifts in risk substantially alter health outcomes, the optimal population-level approaches to improve lifestyle are not well established.

This study assessed the forecasted health impacts associated with different strategies to reduce GHG from automobiles.

Policies call on afterschool programs to improve the physical activity and nutrition habits of youth attending. No tool exists to assess the extent to which the afterschool program environment meets physical activity and nutrition policies.

The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhouse gases.

This study compares the associations between weight status and different forms of physical activity among adolescents.

This resource is a policy statement that describes the goals of the Southern California Safe Routes to School Network.

This study examines the relationship between traffic-related air pollution, air quality, and autism.