Active Community Environments & Smart Growth

Key Resources

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: School and Local Government Collaborations (PDF)
A resource on childhood obesity, school wellness policies and leveraging community resources to create healthy, walkable, and resource-efficient communities.

Smart Growth and Schools - Environmental Protection Agency
Resources on how and where to build and renovate schools.

School Site Resource Kit Implementation Guide (PDF)
Resource kit developed for the Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition State Plan 2010.

Obesity and the Built Environment: Improving Public Health Through Community Design
Post conference information includes slide presentations on the role of schools in promoting healthy weight in youth. (2004)

Active Community Environments Initiative - CDC
Promotes walking, bicycling, and the development of accessible recreation facilities.

Looking for Additional Information

Related Topics

Safe Routes to School

Research

The association of school environments with youth physical activity (Abstract)
Sallis JF, Conway TL, Prochaska JJ, McKenzie TL, Marshall SJ, Brown M. Am J Public Health 2001;91:618-20.

Environmental influences on eating and physical activity(Abstract)
French SA, Story M, Jeffery RW. Ann Rev Public Health 2001; 22: 309–335. Review

Prevalence of school policies, programs, and facilities that promote a healthy physical school environment (PDF)
Jones SE, Brener ND, McManus T. Am J Public Health 2003;93:1570-1575.