Long Tall Sallis: Having some fun being physically active

摘要

Preventive Medicine is happy to host this supplement on "Active Communities for Youth and Families: Using Research to Create Momentum for Change," Guest-Co-Edited by James F. Sallis, Sarah M. Lee, and Stuart J.H. Biddle, who provide a detailed introductory overview (Lee et al., 2010). The issue contains 15 written versions (see below) of the most remarkable papers (out of 91) presented at the sixth Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference held from February 18-20, 2009 in San Diego, California, USA, followed by three commentaries (Economos and Curatone, 2010; Price and Reis, 2010; Stringer Hessel et al., 2010), and concludes with two commissioned papers (Frank et al., 2010; Pucher et al., 2010). All of these manuscripts were fully peer-reviewed. ALR is a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its objective is to reverse the current trend towards being more sedentary, particularly in low-income and high-risk ethnic minority communities. ALR supports initiatives aimed at re-integrating physical activity into the daily routine so that youth accumulate at least 60 min of physical activity each day, and adults accumulate at least 30 min per day. The long term objective of ALR is to prevent childhood obesity.