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Walk for Life!: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways to Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety And Reduce Obesity - Couverture souple

Demers, Marie

 
9781890612498: Walk for Life!: Restoring Neighborhood Walkways to Enhance Community Life, Improve Street Safety And Reduce Obesity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1890612499 ISBN 13 : 9781890612498
Editeur : Vital Health Publishing,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

With obesity at an - all time high pavements are vanishing from our towns and cities pedestrians and cyclists are at risk along many thoroughfares and a fuel crisis is looming on the horizon we need to re-evaluate personal and social walking values. This thought-provoking book calls for the restoration of a walkable environment as a starting point for addressing these pressing issues. Topics discussed include: · Urban sprawl and car dependence · Physical inactivity and health · The cost of institutionalised obesity · Urban design This is a book about walking but it is really about more than that. It is about what we want our future to be. Will we leave our children a world where obesity and poor health is the norm or will we do what it takes to create an environment that supports health and wellness? Believe it or not it all starts with walking.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With obesity at an - all time high pavements are vanishing from our towns and cities pedestrians and cyclists are at risk along many thoroughfares and a fuel crisis is looming on the horizon we need to re-evaluate personal and social walking values. This thought-provoking book calls for the restoration of a walkable environment as a starting point for addressing these pressing issues. Topics discussed include: · Urban sprawl and car dependence · Physical inactivity and health · The cost of institutionalised obesity · Urban design This is a book about walking but it is really about more than that. It is about what we want our future to be. Will we leave our children a world where obesity and poor health is the norm or will we do what it takes to create an environment that supports health and wellness? Believe it or not it all starts with walking.

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Éditeur
Vital Health Publishing,U.S.
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1890612499
ISBN 13 
9781890612498
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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