Using the Built Environment to Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating Noelle Dobson Healthy Active Oregon Bend, Oregon April 28, 2006
Active Living by Design promotes community environments that offer choices for integrating physical activity into daily life.
Active Living Leadership Active Living Network Active Living Research activelivingresearch.org Active Living Resource Center activelivingresources.org Active Living Blueprint ee
Active Living by Design Preparation: partnership development, master plans Promotion: increase understanding Programs: increase opportunities for active living Policy: influence public decisions Physical Projects: create supportive built environments
Diverse partnerships City, County and Regional governments (transportation, parks and recreation, public facilities, planning bureaus) Local residents Land use & transportation advocacy organizations Natural resource protection organizations Community development organizations Affordable housing advocates Neighborhood associations Youth organizations: Boys & Girls Clubs Local elementary and high schools Local food policy council Health systems Bicycle and pedestrian advocates Private business Health non-profits
Healthy, Active Lents Springwater Corridor Trail Repaving projects Habitat restoration Trash pick-ups Art projects Community trailhead
Healthy, Active Lents Park improvements Bikelanes & sidewalks Traffic calming Light-rail line
Healthy, Active Lents Healthy Eating by Design Farmer’s market Home gardens to low-income families City policy to support planning for food access
Damascus, Oregon 12,000 acres brought into the Portland Metro Urban Growth Boundary Rural residential (10,000 pop.) to Portland suburb (80,000 pop.) in years Two-year planning process to develop conceptual plan for land uses, transportation, natural resources, and public facilities
Using the Built Environment to Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating Noelle Dobson Active Living by Design Healthy Eating by Design