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Volume 49, Issue 4
October 2009
Imbalanced Diet vs Sedentary Lifestyle:
The Burden of History
Themed Issue:
Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding
Prioritizing Physical Activity Promotion: A Public Health Imperative
Antronette K (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH
Guest Editor
From the Editors:
Imbalanced Diet vs. Sedentary Lifestyle:
The burden of history
Introduction
Growing the infrastructure: Defining and shaping the role of government in promoting physical activity and facilitating …(cont)
Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield ?
Developing policy solutions for a more active nation: integrating economic and public health perspectives
Setting the stage: Scientific advances demonstrate the need and opportunity for action
International perspectives on the physical inactivity crisis - structural solutions over evidence generation?
Physical activity: health outcomes and importance for public health policy
Creating sector-specific and inter-sectoral approaches: Using research to guide policy and practice
Evolution, body composition, and insulin resistance
Bridging the gap: translating research into policy and practice
Why and how to improve physical activity promotion: lessons from behavioral science and related fields
Physical activity promotion as a strategic corporate priority to improve worker health and business performance
The surprising value of behavioral economics to physical activity promotion
"Live, learn and play" building strategic alliances between professional sports and public health
Recommendations for advancing structural and environmental change to increase physical activity in racial/ethnic minority communities
Promoting physical activity and reducing climate change: opportunities to replace short car trips with active transportation
Growing the infrastructure: Defining and shaping the role of government in promoting physical activity and facilitating physical activity promotion
Physically active lifestyles for all Americans: a call to action for non-profit organizations
Education and training for physical activity research and practice
"Pushing" physical activity, and justice
Physical activity promotion: a local and state health department perspective
Creating physical activity-promoting community environments: time for a breakthrough
The role of state policy in promoting physical activity
Sparking a movement: New contributions to theory and research
Putting physical activity in public health: a perspective from the CDC
Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC): a randomized, controlled trial to promote physical activity and diminish overweight and obesity in elementary school children
Promoting physical activity and healthy eating: convergence in framing the role of industry
The meta-volition model: organizational leadership is the key ingredient in getting society moving, literally!