Hekler and his colleagues investigated “if key within-person factors (i.e., implementation intentions, social support, affect and self-efficacy) would be associated with walking and if perceived access to supportive environments (e.g., access to nice walking paths) and perceived environmental barriers (e.g., bad weather and safety issues) were uniquely associated with walking.”
Beenackers and colleagues analyzed the behavior of relocating adults to identify factors in their new environments linked to bicycling.
Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in many communities.
The number of obese children in the United States has increased interest in any of their activities that burn calories.
Research continues on factors that increase walking.
British psychologists have learned that all that time we spend sitting at work has repercussions beyond the size of the posterior we’re sitting on.
Singh and colleagues reviewed the existing research on adolescent physical activity and academic performance.
Well-informed designers know that children do not respond to spaces simply as short adults, and researchers have been carefully investigating walking to school, daylight preferences, and traffic crossing dangers for children.
Nearby nature—new research reveals the difficulties of enticing working adults and children into outdoor spaces, but it also hints at solutions.
Researchers at the University of Exeter have completed research that supports including fitness centers in corporate campuses and similar complexes.