Given the emergence of obesity as one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the
United States, it is not surprising that a focus on healthy lifestyles has become a central …

Abstract n response to increases in overweight and obesity as well as insufficient levels of
physical activity in the US population, parks and recreation departments have a role to play …

Park and recreation partnerships may be effective in raising health awareness and
promoting enhanced levels of physical activity and health (Spangler & Caldwell, 2007) …

Methods A web-based survey was completed in 2007 by 1,217 National Recreation and
Park Association members. Community size was divided into 4 categories: very small, small …

Many geographers argue that scale, in addition to being a key concept in cartography, GIS,
and other forms of geographic representation, is a critical dimension of processes of political …

Obesity rates in the United States are trending upward, and disadvantaged populations
continue to have disproportionate rates of obesity. In Alabama, the ALProHealth initiative …

Four rural counties in Tennessee adopted the policy, systems, and environment (PSE)
approach to address the obesity epidemic in their communities. The community-based …

The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently recommended that health
professionals partner with park agencies in order to use nature for health promotion. We …

Community coalitions and agents funded by the Louisiana State University Agricultural
Center's Healthy Communities program implemented multilevel obesity prevention …

Partnerships between the health sector and various organizations in the community have
been encouraged as a new strategy to develop sports and recreation programs, and …