| Increasing Active Living: A Guide for Policy-makers |
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This guide focuses on the importance of active living and explains how the built environment - street layout, zoning, recreation facilities, parks and the location of public buildings, among other design elements - can either encourage or discourage routine physical activity. It highlights how expanding opportunities for physical activity, especially in neighborhoods with few existing options, can improve the health of our communities. It also outlines how officials at the state and local levels can encourage active living by supporting policies that create activity-friendly environments for children and families. A companion guide, Improving Access to Healthy Foods: A Guide for Policy-makers, describes how state and local policy-makers can facilitate healthy eating by adopting policies that help communities improve access to affordable, healthy foods.
File Name: Increasing Active Living: A Guide for Policy-makers
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