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Vergeleken bij de Amerikaan lijkt het alsof de West-Europeaan zich voornamelijk met recreatie en vakantie bezighoudt. In de VS draait alles om werk, om de baan en om de bijbaan(tjes).…

From Brooklyn’s parks and parkways, across the Iowa prairie, to Big Sur’s coastal highway, people are drawing green lines on local maps and building “greenways”- linear open spaces that preserve…

‘Alle dagen vrij’ is de bundeling van reportages en achtergrondartikelen die Carolijn Visser in de jaren zeventig-tachtig schreef over de jeugd in Nederland, de Verenigde Staten en Japan. De situatie…

‘Darwin’s Athletes’ zeroes in on our society’s fixation on black athletic achievement. John Hoberman compellingly argues that this obsession – one shared by both blacks ans whites in the media,…

Background: Physical inactivity is a risk factor for obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and other chronic diseases that are increasingly prevalent in the U.S. and worldwide. Time at work represents a…

Background: The true causes of the obesity epidemic are not well understood and there are few longitudinal populationbased data published examining this issue. The objective of this analysis was to…

The U.S. National Physical Activity Plan has a vision: One day, all Americans will be physically active and they will live, work, and play in environments that facilitate regular physical…

Eating and physical activity patterns that are focused on consuming fewer calories, making informed food choices, and being physically active can help people attain and maintain a healthy weight, reduce…

An action plan for solving the problem of childhood obesity in a generation in The United States of America.

This report describes the expert panel process that was used to identify 24 recommended strategies for obesity prevention and a suggested measurement for each strategy that communities can use to…