Alberta Centre for Active Living
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CHILDREN
Get Together and Play! is the slogan of this new campaign
in Victoria (AU) from the Parent's Jury
and other physical activity organizations.
CHRONIC DISEASE
Volume 15, Issue 7, November 2012, Pages A507
Although there is a vast body of literature on physical
activity in adults with type 2 diabetes only 8 studies met the inclusion
criteria. Evidence on patient-relevant endpoints was scarce, as most studies
focused on HbA1c as their primary endpoint. We found no effect of increased
physical activity on HRQoL and adverse events in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Conclusions for other endpoints could not be drawn. Thus, there is a great
demand for further studies with patient relevant primary endpoints.
Value in Health Volume 15, Issue 7, November 2012, Pages
A461
A total of 932 abstracts screened; 169 articles retrieved;
36 reviewed. This review provides insight into the range of designs,
interventions, and outcome measures used in studies testing methods to improve
PA in chronic disease. Results identify promising interventions, with
implications for improving research methods and outcomes.
HEALTH GENERAL
Health Council of Canada has launched its new Health
Innovation Portal, a website that highlights innovative health care practices,
policies, programs and services from across Canada. The user-friendly, searchable database
features over 240 innovative practices, with a range of keyword search options
and intuitive outputs, such as dynamic PDFs of practice descriptions and links
to original source material.
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental Health and Physical Activity Webinar
November 14, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST
If you are interested in participating in the webinar
forum, email forum@participACTION.com
OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY
In 2009 to 2011, 67.1% of Canadian men and 53.7% of Canadian
women aged 18 to 79 were overweight or obese based on results from the Canadian
Health Measures Survey.
Based on their measured body mass index (BMI), 31.5% of
Canadian children and youth aged 5 to 17 years were overweight or obese in 2009
to 2011.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Among Canadians aged 15 to 69, 47.3% are categorized as
having a “Fair” or “Needs improvement” health benefit rating based on their
aerobic fitness, with even higher numbers for Canadians aged 40 and over.
Among Canadians aged 15 to 69, 30.1% have a grip strength
rating that “Needs improvement”. For
both men and women, a rating of “Needs improvement” was more likely in younger
adults than older adults.
URBAN DESIGN
Despite the major housing market downturn that began in
2006, housing expenses in the 2006 to 2010 period were 52 percent higher for
the typical household living in the 25 largest U.S. metro areas than they had
been in 2000. And as gas prices rose over the past decade, and development
favored suburban locations over primary cities, transportation expenses
increased 33 percent as well. As a result, the combined housing and
transportation expenses for households in the largest metro areas rose 44
percent between 2000 and 2010 — about 1.75 times the growth of income over this
time period.
Reminds me of the VAMPIRE
Index published in Australia in 2008.
The purpose of this report is to present and describe an
analytic tool for prioritizing TOD investments that has been developed by New
Jersey Future: an inventory of the state’s transit stations, populated with key
data items pertaining to each station and the area surrounding it.
WORKPLACE
Preventing Chronic Disease Vol 9 October 11th
2011
Overall, this study provides evidence that sit-stand
devices can be implemented within work settings, and are generally well received
by workers, but do not sustain a non-sitting behavioral pattern.
Check out the (Australian) Heart Foundation's range of resources
to assist any sized workplace develop a workplace wellness program
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