2012-05-24T14:57:27Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/physical-exercise.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD293.html Apr 12, 2012 Apr 12, 2012

Provides insights into the costs and challenges of providing health care to the elderly population.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120003.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Outdoor exercise equipment in parks seems to attract more new park users and result in a higher expenditure of energy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100239.html Oct 31, 2011 Oct 31, 2011

Monitoring parts 4 days/week, 4 times/day is sufficient to estimate park use, park user characteristics, and physical activity. Applying these observation methods can augment physical activity surveillance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9508.html Aug 3, 2011 Aug 3, 2011

Summarizes key RAND studies on the causes of obesity, its economic and health consequences, and potential strategies for prevention, including work on health care costs, junk food, food deserts, school meals, and proximity of parks.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110010.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011

This study compared the cost-effectiveness of different public interventions for promoting exercise and found that community-based campaigns and school-based interventions have the greatest potential to be scaled up at the lowest costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100146.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Adolescents tend to choose friends who do similar amounts of physical activity and emulate their behavior; such networks could help promote physical activity among adolescents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100096.html Aug 31, 2010 Aug 31, 2010

Reducing consumption of salty snacks, candy, cookies may be more effective than exercise in combating obesity

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100102.html Jul 31, 2010 Jul 31, 2010

<p>Cost profiles of physician groups are statistically more reliable than profiles of individual physicians but they don't predict individual physician performance within the group.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000149.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

Physical activity is declining and sedentary behavior is increasing among adolescent girls but neighborhood and transportation characteristics do not seem to be the reason.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100120.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

The results of this study suggest that improving neighborhood environments and increasing the public's use of light rail transit systems could provide improvements in health outcomes for millions of individuals.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100068.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>Assesses how park characteristics and demographic factors are associated with park use.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090018.html Sep 30, 2009 Sep 30, 2009

<p>Using a community-based participatory research approach, we explored adolescent, parent, and community stakeholder perspectives on barriers to healthy eating and physical activity, and intervention ideas to address adolescent obesity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090203.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>The authors investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood environments and fifth-grade students' physical activity and obesity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081102.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Examines physical activity stability across extended time periods. Results showed that activity levels are somewhat stable from childhood through middle and late adulthood.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9267.html Jun 14, 2007 Jun 14, 2007

<p>As the obesity epidemic worsens, researchers are zeroing in on environmental factors that may contribute to the problem or, conversely, help to prevent it. It is increasingly clear that neighborhoods play an important role in stimulating exercise and reducing the risk of obesity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1257.html May 23, 2007 May 23, 2007

<p>The strongest beneficial effect of exercise for the elderly is in fall reduction. Physical activity also modestly to moderately improved strength and cardiovascular performance among previously sedentary older people.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/04/19.html Apr 19, 2007 Apr 19, 2007

April 19, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds School Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities Are an Untapped Resource in Fight Against Childhood Obesity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070311.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>This study examined whether a traditional low-impact mind-body exercise, Tai Chi, affects health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) and headache impact in an adult population suffering from tension-type headaches. A 15 week intervention of Tai Chi practice was effective in reducing headache impact and also effective in improving perceptions of some aspects of physical and mental health.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071053.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>Persistent disparities suggest that multiple aspects of social context may influence leisure-time physical activity levels and weight status in multiethnic, working-class populations</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070409.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>Despite substantial evidence for neighborhood characteristics correlating with walking, so far there has been limited attention to possible practical implications for neighborhood design. This study investigates to what extent design guidelines are likely to stimulate walking.</p>