Objectives. This study examined (1) descriptive patterns in perceived environmental and policy
determinants of physical activity and (2) associations between these factors and behavior…

Through the use of new technologies, researchers, and practitioners in health education and
health communication can now provide health information and behavior change strategies …

Background Reading and understanding nutrition labels on foods may be an important
precursor to dietary change. However, little is known about how nutrition labels are used by …

Purpose: To understand the relationships between street-scale environments and rates of
physical activity, it is crucial to develop reliable methods of measurement. Community audits …

The growing emphasis on promoting environmental change as a means to increase
physical activity has motivated conversation and collaboration between researchers and …

Investigators developed a review system to evaluate the growing literature on policy and
environmental strategies to prevent childhood obesity. More than 2000 documents published …

Background: Community partnerships to promote healthy eating and active living in order to
prevent childhood obesity face a number of challenges. Systems science tools combined …

Background.National objectives and guidelines call upon physicians to help reduce the
population burden of chronic diseases by advising patients to eat less fat and get more physical …

Object In this study, the authors estimate the prevalence of injuries to the soft tissue of the
neck, cervical vertebrae, and cervical spinal cord among victims of abusive head trauma to …

BACKGROUND: From 2003 to 2008, a total of 25 cross-sector, multidisciplinary community
partnerships funded through the Active Living by Design (ALbD) national program designed, …