Citation

Chaufan C, Yeh J, Fox P. Am. J. Public Health 2012; 102(6): e8-11.

Affiliation

Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2012.300703

PMID

22515862

PMCID

PMC3483971

Abstract

Despite efforts to combat increasing rates of childhood obesity, the problem is worsening. Safe Routes to School (SRTS), an international movement motivated by the childhood obesity epidemic, seeks to increase the number of children actively commuting (walking or biking) to school by funding projects that remove barriers preventing them from doing so. We summarize the evaluation of the first phase of an ongoing SRTS program in California and discuss ways to enhance data collection.

Language: en