June 2007 issue

 

Research Update

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 *Alberta Centre for Active Living article
"Promoting a Healthy Body Image Through Physical Activity"
By Pirkko Marko, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and
Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.  This article gives
fitness professionals practical suggestions for ways to promote physical
activity for improved health rather than as a way to reach an unrealistic
body image.

*Dietitians of Canada article
"Hunger on Campus: Understanding Food Insecurity in Post-Secondary Students"
By Krista Rondeau, RD, MSc candidate, Centre for Health Promotion Studies,
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Find out about
hunger and food banks on Canadian campuses. The article especially focuses
on a study of student food insecurity at the University of Alberta Campus
Food Bank. 

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News from the Alberta Centre for Active Living

* Visit the centre's new Physical Activity @ Work website
(www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/).

 * Centre's Physical Activity Backgrounder for Decision-Makers. An
information sheet for decision-makers that details the reasons to promote
physical activity policies. The handout also lists Canadian and Albertan
rates of physical inactivity and some of the major costs of physical
inactivity. (www.centre4activeliving.ca/publications/factsheets.html)

* Spring into Summer with SummerActive, May 11 to June 22, 2007
(www.summeractive.org).  May 24, 2007, was Alberta Active Living Challenge
Day. Over 65,198 Albertans registered their physical activity on Challenge
Day.

 

The Alberta Centre for Active Living is affiliated with the Faculty of
Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta and supported
by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation and the
Alberta Government. 

 

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