Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, contributes to the prevention of childhood obesity in low-income and high-risk racial/ethnic communities by supporting research to examine how environments and policies influence active living for children and their families.
| We are helping to develop a new transdisciplinary field of active living researchers. | |
| We manage grants to help build the evidence base. | |
| We have a resource center of literature citations and active living news. |
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2010
Registration for the 2010 ALR annual conference is now open.
Active Transportation and Active Travel Self-Selection Research Briefs
Two new research briefs summarize the latest peer-reviewed research on the effects of active transportation and neighborhood self-selection on physical activity.Related News
Frequent updates regarding news, publications, funding opportunities, job announcements, and events from related organizations in the field of active living.
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