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5 Actions for Increasing Physical Activity
5 Actions for Increasing Physical Activity
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. These findings reflect marked increases during the past several decades in sedentary activities of daily living among both children and adults (Brownson et al., 2005)
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The built environment's influence on childhood obesity is determined by its effect on physical activity levels and also, as the previous chapter explains, its effect on healthy eating. It can promote or deter physical activity, such as orga nized active recreation, active commuting, and unstructured play.
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Local governments have an important role to play in supporting and promoting physical activity, in large part through their influence on the built environment, but through other means as well. Local governments, particularly cities, have Actions for Increasing Physical Activity 73
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Following are the goals, strategies, and action steps related to physical activity. 74 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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. The built environment has a significant effect on walking and bicycling.
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. Riding a bicycle at least two or more days during the week is associ 78 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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Action Steps • Adopt community policing strategies that improve safety and security of streets, especially in higher crime neighborhoods.* • Collaborate with schools to develop and implement a Safe Routes to School program to increase the number of children safely walking and bicycling to schools.
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. Changes in institutional practices and the built environment that structurally integrate physical activity into routines can increase automatic physical activity and are critical for widespread activity promoting social norm change (Bower et al., 2008; Donnelly et al., 2009; IOM, 2006; Lara et al., 2008)
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. Action Steps • Adopt regulatory policies limiting screen time in preschool and after-school programs.
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In keeping with the focus on changes that local governments can make to improve the food and physical activity environments of children, it is important to point out that media and social marketing campaigns can improve these environments by focusing on the reasons for improving children's food and physical activity environments; and engaging the public in taking advantage of new resources in their environment such as recreation centers, playgrounds, walking paths, etc. Action Steps • Develop media campaigns, utilizing multiple channels (print, radio, Internet, television, other promotional materials)
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In Annual Review of Public Health 26:421–443. 84 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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: a randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity and diminish overweight and obesity in elementary school children. Preventive Medicine 49(2)
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American Journal of Preventive Medicine 32(6)
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