Active Living Collaboratives in the United States: Understanding Characteristics, Activities, and Achievement of Environmental and Policy Change
A recent U.S. study concludes that changing the built environment in rural or urban areas to promote active, healthy lifestyles requires collaboration among a wide range of sectors and stakeholders.
WHO issues new guidance on dietary salt and potassium
New guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) stipulate that adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium (or 5 grams of salt) and at least 3,510 mg of potassium per day.
Promoting physical literacy in child care settings in Alberta
Alberta has developed a policy to promote physical literacy in child care settings.
Tax credit for physical, artistic and cultural activities
The Association québécoise du loisir municipal recently commented on two items in the Quebec government’s 2013-2014 budget likely to affect the organization’s area of interest, recreation at the municipal level.
Among other measures, the new budget introduces a tax credit for parents who enroll their children (5 to 16 years old) in physical, artistic or cultural activities and increases the budget of the province’s Sports and Physical Activity Development Fund.
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Veille Action, November 25, 2012
Active transportation: barriers to implementing policies and regulations
Policies to create built environments that encourage physical activity have not been implemented broadly enough, according to an Australian study.
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