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Category Archives: Physical Activity
COVID-19 Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children.
Andrew Rundle and colleagues wrote a Perspective article for The Obesity Society’s journal Obesity, to call attention to the COVID-19 pandemic’s likely longer-term effect on children’s health. In many areas of the U.S., the COVID-19 pandemic has closed schools and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethnicity, Health Disparities, Obesity, Physical Activity, Race
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Business travel and behavioral and mental health
In new work, Rundle and colleagues find that extensive business travel is associated with poorer behavioral and mental health – smoking, sedentary behavior, trouble sleeping, alcohol dependence, depression and anxiety. The paper was recently published online at the Journal of Occupational … Continue reading
Webinar Online – Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City
Dr. Rundle’s March 2nd webinar for the ISBNPA webinar has been posted online at ISBNPA’s web site (Here and embedded below). His talk covered different approaches to assessing neighborhood walkability and the link between urban design and resident’s physical activity using New York … Continue reading
Webinar – Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City
On Thursday March 2nd at 3pm EST, Dr. Rundle will give a webinar entitled “Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City” for the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. You can register for … Continue reading
Posted in Neighborhood Environments, Obesity, Physical Activity
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Physical Activity Among Older Adults in NYC and Neighborhood Physical Disorder
Steve Mooney (Ex-Cluster Doc student and now Post-Doc at University of Washington), Magda Cerda (Cluster faculty alum) and Andrew Rundle recently published an article in the Journal of Urban Health on the link between neighborhood physical disorder and physical activity … Continue reading
Posted in Physical Activity, Physical Disorder
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