Study: Community Based Initiatives Increase Physical Activity In Kids

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In 2011, a community in central North Carolina launched a grassroots, community campaign to encourage all children and adults to be physically active through enhancement of the built environment and establishment of sustainable opportunities for active living.   The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effect of the community campaign on physical activity levels in elementary school children.

The study reports that community-based initiatives are effective forms of preventing obesity by increased physical activity in school aged children. To learn more, read the full report.