EditorialActive communities for youth and families: Using research to create momentum for change☆
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Active Communities for Youth and Families: Broadening the Approach to Research
The study of physical activity in young people is not new. However, the emphasis has diversified in recent years. In the past, physical activity was frequently viewed as structured exercise or sports participation, with clear but limited roles for adults as coaches and teachers. More recently, physical activity has come to be seen as much broader than this (e.g., active travel, active recreation, and play without adult supervision), and the role of adults is seen as more than just supervisory
The 2009 Active Living Research Conference
Active Living Research (ALR), a national program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), supports research on many of the topics discussed above. In particular, ALR research focuses on the ways in which a wide variety of environments and policies influence active living for children and their families, thereby providing evidence to support their commitment to reverse childhood obesity by 2015 (Sallis et al., 2009). RWJF's research and prevention efforts target communities of color
Overview of this Supplement to Preventive Medicine
Most of the papers in this Preventive Medicine supplement were selected from abstracts that received the highest ratings from blinded peer review. Of the 124 abstracts submitted, 91 were accepted for oral or poster presentation, and 15 are published in this supplement (including one commentary). We thank the multidisciplinary program committee for their thoughtful contributions to the Conference: Cristina Barroso, Terry Huang, Sarah Lee (Program Chair), Russ Lopez, Christine Shenot, Celeste
Conflict of interest statement
All authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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