Nutrition & Physical Activity for Adults

Core Projects

2004–2009

Center for Healthy Aging Community Outreach and Demonstration Project

Changing Policies and Environmental Conditions to Promote Physical Activity

Coalition-Based Efforts to Prevent Chronic Diseases

Comprehensive Diabetes Intervention Research Project

Evaluating Community-Based Prevention Marketing

Flying Sparks

Healthy and Active Families (Familias Sanas y Activas)

HOPE Works: Health, Opportunities, Partnerships, Empowerment

Increasing Physical Activity Through Environmental Changes

Increasing Physical Activity in Rural Communities

Korean-American Community Health in California

Making the Connection: Healthy Living Program

Physical Activity for Lifetime Success (PALS)

Training Community-Based Organizations to Promote Physical Activity and Nutrition

1998–2004

Diabetes Prevention Program for Navajo Elders

Family and Community Factors that Influence Diabetes Interventions

Fitness Program for Seniors

Health Works for Women

Health Promotion Program for Residents of Iowa

Improving Health Among Residents in Colorado’s San Luis Valley

Policy and Environmental Supports for Physical Activity

Reducing Diabetes and Heart Disease Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Reducing the Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer Among African American Women

Special Interest Projects

2008

Creating Healthy Environments for Residents in Public Housing

2007

Assessing the Impact of Changes to the Built Environment on Physical Activity in a Public Housing Development

Evaluating Whether Employees’ Physical Activity and Travel Behaviors are Affected by Relocating to a Mixed-Use Work Place

Physical Activity Policy Research Network — Exploring How Local Policies Promote and Increase Physical Activity

2006

Reliability and Validity of BRFSS Questions on High Blood Pressure

2005

Developing and Testing an Intervention to Help Parents Reduce Their Children’s Television Viewing

Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults in Ethnically Diverse Communities

Promoting Physical Activity Among Communities in Brazil

2004

Creating a Center of Excellence in Public Health Training and Intervention Research Translation for WISEWOMAN and Obesity Prevention Programs

Developing the Physical Activity Assessment Tool for Use in Medical Settings

Investigating Pedometers and Step Counters for Physical Activity Promotion

Physical Activity Policy Research Network

2002

Disseminating Physical Activity Recommendations among State and Local Health Departments

2001

Assessing Communities’ “Walkability” and “Bikeability”

Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption for Certain Ethnic Groups

Effects of Environment on Physical Activity and Nutrition

Nutrition Training Course for Public Health Practitioners

Reducing the Risks of Heart Disease for People with Low–Income

Surveillance System for Nutrition and Physical Activity

Surveying Adults’ Physical Activity and Weight Control Behaviors

2000

Development of a Brief Physical Activity Questionnaire

Effect of Fitness and Overweight on Risk for Death

Guidelines for Obesity Prevention and Control

Preventing Obesity in the United States

Relation Between Environment and Activity

1999

Educating School Administrators About Coordinated School Health Programs

Identifying the Physical Activity Needs of Older Adults

Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women

Identifying Social and Environmental Factors that Affect Physical Activity in Adults

Measuring the Effects of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies

Promoting Walking in Rural Minority Communities

San Luis Valley Family Nutrition and Activity Intervention