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Richard E. Killingsworth, Director, Research Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education SPH, Active Living By Design, 400 Market St., Suite 205; Campus Box 8165, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 919-843-3519, rich_killingsworth@unc.edu

A growing body of evidence suggests that elements of community design and transportation are important in promoting public health, especially physical activity. To understand how these built environment factors impact health outcomes, an emerging movement called Active Living is increasingly becoming a part of how city planners, urban designers, and transportation engineers cultivate places to accommodate health promoting behaviors such as walking and bicycling. This session will provide a general overview of the relationships between the built environment; transportation, and health and will outline the Active Living movement in the United States. Specific attention will be directed toward the Active Living by Design national program and the other physical activity efforts supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This session will also identify key U.S. policies and program that support activity-friendly communities. Understanding how these factors affect active living decisions will provide more information to effectively promote and integrate physical activity into daily routines.

Learning Objectives:

• · The participants will recognize the variables of the built environment and transportation that affect the decision to be physically active.
• · The participants will understand the key strategies and tactics of the Active Living by Design national program.
• · The participants will identify challenges and opportunities in research, practice and policy efforts to promote physical activity though the built environment and physical activity.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Recorded presentation