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Benefits of Walking : Resources

1999 JAMA Article: "The Spread of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998," Vol. 282 No. 16, October 27, 1999.
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"America's Kids Are More Inactive than Ever"
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"Walking as a Way of Life"
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NBWS Case Study No. 14: Benefits of Bicycling and Walking to Health

NBWS Case Study No. 7: Transportation Potential and Other Benefits of Off-Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities

NBWS Case Study No. 15: The Environmental Benefits of Bicycling and Walking

National Bicycling and Walking Study, Chapter 2, "Health and Physical Fitness Benefits," pp. 14-18.

Report on Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. 1996.
Executive Summary
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Chapter 4, "The Effects of Physical Activity on Health and Disease"
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(NBWS is National Bicycling and Walking Study, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, 1994.)

Last updated
10/03/05