Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #122184

Anne P. Canby, BA, President, Surface Transportation Project, 1100 17TH Street, NW, Tenth Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 202-974-5135, acanby@transact.org

These is growing alarm over the excessive obesity rates in America due in part to the lack of physical activity. The rise in the incidence of asthma over the past 20 years is another alarming trend. The relationship of our transportation policies to these trends will be explored and suggestions offered on how the public health community can work with transportation reform advocates to change our transportation policies to support more physical activity and lowered incidents of asthma in our communities.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide public health practitioners and researchers a better understanding of the linkages between our health and our transportation policies.
• Identify ways in which the public health community can support the goals of transportation reform advocates and achieve their own goals of healthier, more physically active communities.
• Present and discuss opportunities for collaboration between the public health community and transportation reform advocates to achieve more walkable communities, that are safer, healthier and economically stronger.

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