Getting Kids Moving (06-11-12)
Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in many communities.
Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue in many communities.
How can store layout and features decrease shoplifting? How can neighbors make their neighborhoods safer?
What sorts of street designs are linked to higher levels of pedestrian safety?
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.
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Spending too much time sitting (which is “distinct from lack of physical activity”) is now being formally recognized as dangerous to health.
How does street design influence the activities of humans along that road?
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.
Another benefit to children of being outdoors has been identified – that time outside seems to improve their vision.
Researchers at Queen’s University have confirmed common sense expectations about road design and children’s outdoor play.