- ALLERGY, RESPIRATORY
- Traffic, Dust Linked to Asthma in Kids
- Folic Acid Might Offer Allergy Relief
- Obesity May Raise Kids' Allergy Risk
- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
- Could Chinese Herb Be a Natural Viagra?
- Traditional Chinese Therapy May Help Ease Eczema
- Awareness of Alternative Therapies May Be Lacking
- BONES & JOINTS
- Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D
- Health Tip: Back Pain in Children
- Tequila Plant May Help Fight Bone Loss
- CANCER
- Scams and Shams That Prey on Cancer Patients
- Adding Garlic Might Cut Cancer Risk
- Healthy Behaviors Slow Functional Decline After Cancer
- CAREGIVING
- Most Women Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs
- Medication Errors Could Be Cut: Experts
- Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend
- CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- Vitamins Do Older Women Little Good
- Night Shift Work Hard on the Heart
- Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks
- COSMETIC
- Health Tip: After Liposuction
- The Acne Drug Accutane More Than Doubles Depression Risk
- Science May Banish Bad Hair Days
- DENTAL, ORAL
- Mom's Vitamin D Levels Affect Baby's Dental Health
- Hormones May Be to Blame for Women's Cavity Rates
- Sports Drinks May Be Tough on Teeth
- DIABETES
- Diabetes Linked to Cognitive Problems
- Poor Blood Sugar Control After Heart Surgery Impacts Outcomes
- Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea
- DIET, NUTRITION
- Memory Loss Help from Brain Supplement Prevagen
- Drinking Your Way to Health? Perhaps Not
- Potassium-Rich Foods May Cut Stroke, Heart Disease Risk
- DISABILITIES
- Review Finds Marijuana May Help MS Patients
- Could Your Cell Phone Help Shield You From Alzheimer's?
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate
- Former Inmates at Increased Risk for High Blood Pressure
- Controversial Chemical Lingers Longer in the Body
- EYE CARE, VISION
- Green Tea May Ward Off Eye Disease
- Diabetic Hispanics Missing Out on Eye Exams
- Magnetic Pulses to Brain Improve Lazy Eye in Adults
- FITNESS
- Vigorous Treadmill Workout Curbs Appetite Hormones
- Go To Work But Skip The Car
- Almost Two-Thirds of Americans Meet Exercise Guidelines
- GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS
- New Guidelines Issued for Management of IBS
- Peppermint Oil, Fiber Can Fight Irritable Bowel
- Traditional Nonsurgical GERD Treatments Not Impressive
- GENERAL HEALTH
- U.S. Spends Billions On Alternative Medicine
- Dry Weather Boosts Odds of Flu Outbreaks
- Whole Grains, Bran May Fight Hypertension in Men
- HEAD & NECK
- Ski Helmets Encouraged for All
- Zen May Thicken Brain, Thwart Pain
- Many Children Will Outgrow Headaches
- HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
- Using Light Therapy to Silence Harmful Brain Activity
- 'Cell Phone Elbow' -- A New Ill for the Wired Age
- Subway Defibrillators Save Lives
- HEART & CARDIOVASCULAR
- Vigorous Exercise Cuts Stroke Risk for Men, Not Women
- Fewer Heart Attacks After England Goes Smoke-Free
- Laughter Can Boost Heart Health
- INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- Grapefruit Compound Inhibits Hepatitis C Virus
- Swine Flu Loves a Crowd
- Chinese 'Devil Dung' Plant Could Be a Swine Flu Fighter
- KID'S HEALTH
- Treat Kids to a Safe Halloween
- Wood Fires Can Harm the Youngest Lungs
- Don't Leave Your Kids In The Car !
- MEN'S HEALTH
- Noise Hurts Men's Hearing More, Study Shows
- Sunlight May Help Protect Men From Kidney Cancer
- Low Vitamin D Levels May Boost Men's Heart Attack Risk
- MENTAL HEALTH
- Cinnamon Breaks Up Brain Plaques, May Hold Key to Fighting Alzheimer’s
- Keeping Mentally Active Seems To Keep The Brain Active
- Heal Your Life® Tips for Living Well
- PAIN
- Tai Chi May Help Ease Fibromyalgia
- Are We Exercising Pain Away? Not So Much.
- Alleviating Rheumatoid Arthritis
- PREGNANCY
- Breast-Feeding May Protect a Woman's Heart
- Obesity May Affect Fertility in Young Womene
- Prenatal Stress May Boost Baby's Asthma Risk
- SENIORS
- Older People at Greater Risk of Swine Flu Death
- Seniors Who Volunteer May Live Longer
- Video Gaming Just Might Fight Aging
Simple Steps Get Walkers Moving
By eHolistic.com Published: 11/09/2009
(HealthDay News) -- Simple measures such as starting a walking group or creating pedestrian-friendly routes can encourage people to walk more, a new study has found.
At a multicultural housing site in Seattle, researchers implemented and evaluated several interventions meant to increase residents' walking, including sponsoring walking groups, improving walking routes, offering information about walking options and advocating for pedestrian safety.
After the measures were implemented, self-reported walking among walking group members increased from 65 minutes to 108 minutes a day, according to the study published online Nov. 4 in the American Journal of Public Health.
"The built environment influences opportunities for physical activity through access to trails, parks, recreation centers and walkable streets, as does the social environment, such as having opportunities to walk with others," the researchers wrote.
Community design should take into account ways to encourage walking, the study authors noted, and interventions to change people's behavioral habits need to be considered.
