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Changing public spaces for getting physical activity

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Ms J Green
Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia;julie.green{at}mcri.edu.au

The importance of physical activity as a means of health promotion has been the subject of recent guidance.¹ Access to recreational facilities has been discussed in health inequalities research² and policy.³

A welcome outcome is to see this filter through to practice, particularly to a range of opportunities for physical activity that are inclusive of all age groups (fig 1). While seeking consent for the photographs from these citizens, one cyclist, simultaneously cycling and smoking, elected not to be photographed.

View larger version (151K): [in this window] [in a new window] [PowerPoint for Teaching]   Figure 1  Changing public spaces

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1. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity: brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers, and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling, Public Health Intervention Guidance No. 2, March 2006. http://www.nice.org.uk/download.aspx?o=299528 (accessed 16 Mar 2007).
2. Mallinson S, Popay J, Elliot E, et al. Using historical material in research on the relationship between health and place: a pilot study. Sociology 2003;37:771–80.[Abstract]
3. Zafra E, Peiro R, Ramon N, et al. Analysis of the formulation of policies on aging in plans for social and health care and care of the elderly in autonomous communities in Spain. Gac Sanit 2006;20:295–302.[CrossRef][Medline]

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