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Active & safe routes to school  Promotes the use of active and efficient transportation for the daily trip to school. Addresses health and traffic safety issues while taking action on air pollution and climate change. Source: Green Communities Canada Active & Safe Routes to School  Describes a national program which promotes the use of active modes of transportation for school children. Includes information about initiatives such as the Walking School Bus, Cycling School Bus, International walk to school week, Walking tour of Canada. Provides links, tools and resources and a Kids' page. Source: Go for Green   Active living storybank  Provides a searchable database of American projects, programs, and initiatives that promote health through changes in the built environment. Shows examples of active living in action. Source: Active Living Network (USA) From: International resource Active transportation   Provides details of initiatives encouraging Canadians to choose active modes of transportation. Includes links to a listserv, and to a project and event database. Source: Go for Green   Children, physical activity and environmental health  Discusses the ways in which modern-day urban life restricts opportunities for children to live physically active lives. Points out that this has health impacts and that the decline in physical activity levels is closely linked to the worldwide rise in obesity. Source: World Health Organization (WHO) From: International resource Gardening for life  Includes articles, case studies, and fact sheets. Outlines the health and environmental benefits of backyard gardening and the hazards of chemical pesticides and herbicides. Offers tips on organic gardening and gardening with native plants. Includes success stories on chemical reduction efforts in outdoor activity areas in different regions of Canada. Source: Go for Green Go for Green  Encourages outdoor physical activity that protects, enhances or restores the natural environment. Offers support and resources for communities working to provide opportunities for citizens to become more active in outdoor environments that are clean, safe and accessible. Includes links to programs, publications, newsletters and related sites. Source: Go for Green   Healthy Cities and urban governance: physical activity  Describes the Healthy Cities network and the role of physical activity in healthy urban planning, healthy ageing, and health impact assessment. Provides access to related WHO publications and websites. Source: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe From: International resource   Making places for healthy kids  Provides link to a report on the results of an environmental scan of places in the U.S. designed for children to be active. Describes projects such as parks and playgrounds, community gardens, and sidewalks and traffic calming measures. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Active Living Network (USA) From: International resource Obesity  Outlines poor eating habits and physical inactivity as factors contributing to the increasing rate of obesity in Canada. Explains the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC). Describes the health risks of obesity and the ways to minimize these risks. Prepared in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Source: Health Canada
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