Alberta Centre for Active Living
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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
December 4,
2013, 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET
This webinar
will address:
* How snow on
the ground impacts travel for people with various disabilities
* The effect of
snow on travel for people with vision disabilities from a first-hand
perspective
*Ideas for
expanding snow removal practices which habitually focus on vehicle traffic to
include pedestrian and bicyclist
In support of
its goal to triple walking, biking and transit travel by 2030, the
Massachusetts DOT has issued a Healthy Transportation Policy Initiative
(http://bit.ly/162zFW6) with several implementation steps……
The Victoria
Walks resource Measuring Walking - a Guide for Councils explains the issues and
options for measuring pedestrian activity and provides recommended approaches
to common scenarios and outlines a range of Victorian case studies.
According to an
Oct. 16th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, “Democrat State Rep. JoCasta
Zamarripa, who represents the city's south side, will hold walking office hours
this weekend -- a chance to get some exercise and discuss issues of concern,
she says. The ‘office hours’ will take place along the newly opened
Kinnickinnic River Trail.
"‘I look
forward to spending time this weekend walking the newly opened Kinnickinnic
River Trail and talking with constituents of the 8th Assembly District about
state issues that are important to them,’ she said in a news release.
A 30-minute
documentary that details the health benefits of walking, what makes communities
walkable, and how walking and walkability supports a healthier environment,
strong local economies and a vibrant community life. Organized in five chapters
that are roughly six minutes each in length.
The Welsh
Assembly has passed a world first legislation on active travel that will see a
duty placed on local authorities to plan a network of walking and cycling
routes and then work to deliver it.
CHILDREN
Br J Sports Med published online October
22, 2013
doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-092334
The analysis showed that at the age of 11,
better academic performance across all three subjects was linked to the amount
of moderate to vigorous physical activity undertaken. Physical activity
benefited girls’ performance in science, in particular.
Thu, Nov 7, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
This webinar
will provide examples and key resources to starting conversations and
relationship building with school board members, school administrators and
principals. During this webinar, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership
will release new resources to help advocates have those conversations with key
school personnel.
DISABILITY/ACCESSIBILITY
The goal of this project is to equip health
and education intermediaries with general knowledge and tools to direct
Canadians with a disability towards increased physical activity participation,
promoting enhanced Physical Literacy.
OLDER ADULTS
European Review of Aging and Physical
Activity, 10(2):95-106 (October 2013)
Following a literature review, the
results of 31 studies examining the role of exercise in relation to falls for
people 60 years and older living in the community were analyzed. The analysis
indicated that exercise interventions conducted for a minimum of one hour/week
for 40 hours were successful in reducing the incidence of falls.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2013) 68
(11): 1433-1438
doi: 10.1093/gerona/glt029
In this socioeconomically homogenous
male cohort, higher physical activity since midlife was strongly associated
with less frailty in old age.
The Journals of Gerontology, Series A
Biological and Medical Sciences, 68(11): 1426-1432 (November 2013)
doi:10.1093/gerona/glt116
As age increased, the number of steps per
day decreased. For example, people of both genders ages 60-64 years averaged
4,761-6,127 steps/day; those ages 70-74 averaged 3,124–4,422 steps/day; and
people at ages 80-84 took an average of 1,542–2,314 steps/day.
Take a look at this summary from
Alzheimer’s Australia of how physical activity can improve brain health and
reduce the risk of dementia.
URBAN DESIGN
Streetmix is a
free web app that lets you design, redesign and remix city streets to your
heart's content.
Blockee is
really easy to use. Just type in an address to generate a Google Street View
image (or upload your own photo), and using the blissfully simple editor, drag
and drop everything from vegetable gardens to food trucks to bike share kiosks
into the street.
WORKPLACE
Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise: POST ACCEPTANCE, 11 October 2013
doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000190
A 4-group RCT evaluated the impact of
distinct workplace interventions to increase the physical activity (PA) and to
reduce anthropometric parameters in middle-aged women….. Our results show that
in the workplace setting, pedometer-based PA intervention with counseling is
effective increasing daily life number of steps, while AT is effective for
weight loss.
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