Letters and Items of Interest

Dr. Sallis on San Diego's Fox 5 news, discussing the healthiest neighborhoods for kids, May 4th, 2012

What is Active Living?

Op-Ed in San Diego Union-Tribune, February 18, 2012. "Transportation Laws Can Affect Health".

Appearance in "Bikeability" video from University of Copenhagen. 2011
http://www.bikeability.dk/2011/12/04/public-midterm-seminar-conducted-on-december-1-2011/

The 2012 Physical Activity and Public Health Courses will be held September 11-19, 2012 at The Lodge at the Mountain Village in Park City, Utah.  For more information and to apply, please visit www.sph.sc.edu/paph or contact Janna Borden at (803) 576-6050 or jsborden@mailbox.sc.edu.

Dr. Sallis will be installed as Vice President of the American College of Sports Medicine in June 2011. More information can be found here:
http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/acsm/11Electionresults.pdf

Dr. James Sallis has won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition! May 4, 2011. News coverage can be found here:
http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsuniverse/news.aspx?s=72958

California Project LEAN has produced video workshops intended to inform and educate school board members, school policymakers/staff, and community advocates about the opportunities for improving physical activity and increasing healthier beverage consumption. These videos can be found at: http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/doc.asp?id=246&parentid=168.

Interview for SDSU 360 Magazine. Posted December 2010.
http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/360/news.aspx?s=72334

Study: Youth Sports Doesn't Net Enough Daily Activity for Kids. Research brief here, study abstract here, press release here. Also look for articles in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, MedPage Today, ParentDish, San Diego Union Tribune, EurekAlert, Time Magazine, CBC, WSJ Health Blog, Reuters, KPBS and About.com. All press coverage is summarized here.

All interested organizations have been invited to join the National Physical Activity Plan. I want to introduce Make the Move, a feature of the national plan. The nation's first U.S. Physical Activity Plan (the Plan) is not one that will sit on the shelf! The National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA) has convened leading national organizations to focus collective action around implementing strategies within the Plan. Make the Move 2010-11 - Implementation of the US Physical Activity Plan provides measurable outcomes and objectives for change, valuable resources and stories of success to advance physical activity related to the Plan.

White House Briefing.  Clean Energy Economy Forum—The Public Health Benefits of Clean Energy Reform.  Sponsored by Department of Health and Human Services and Environmental Protection Agency.  Washington, DC.  November 20, 2009.
Click here to read.

News clip about Neighborhood Quality of Life Study publication.  KNSD-TV.  San Diego, CA.  April 16, 2009. 
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/diet_fitness/Your_Neighborhood_Can_Make_You_Fat_San_Diego.html

Letter exchange regarding the status of physical activity funding at NIH. 2008
Click here to read letters

Recommendations for improving methods in environmental and policy research:
Sallis, J.F., Story, M., and Lou, D.  (2009).  Study designs and analytic strategies for environmental and policy research on obesity, physical activity, and diet: Recommendations from a meeting of experts.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36 (2 Suppl. 2), S72-S77.  http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/13.StudyDesigns_Sallis.pdf

NQLS (Neighborhood Quality of Life Study) Press Release.Posted March 2009.

Monday, 3/16/2009, there will be a small entry on the USA Today blog, written by Nanci Hellmich, at this address: http://blogs.usatoday.com/betterlife/

2003 Report: Behavioral and Environmental Interventions to Promote Youth Physical Activity
and Prevent Obesity   Click here to read report.

Identified as highest increase in citations in Psychology and Psychiatry fields,
October/December 2003. Article at: Click for more information.

"Editorial in San Diego Union-Tribune, April 9, 2004. Obesity: Is Personal Responsibility the Answer?"
Click here to Read Editorial