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Preventive Medicine

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!