Once known as Challenge for Change, the Love to Ride program was introduced in the UK by its creator Thomas Stokell to: (1) encourage more people to take up cycling and (2) encour…
In an attempt to reduce racial disparities in health in one inner-city neighborhood, Lively Ladies, a physical education and activity intervention program was created to help pre-…
HSBC’s Clean Air Achievers was a free program offered to Canadian students in grades 5 through 9 with two main goals: (1) to produce fewer greenhouse gasses (GHG) through reducing…
In 2007, a Health and Lifestyle survey in Hull, UK showed a high prevalence of overweight and obese individuals in the adult population. While weight management services were avai…
Operating under the Denver Regional Council of Governments Way to Go program, Schoolpool is a program designed to get students to and from school via carpool, mass transit, walkin…
Using funding from the CDC’s Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative, King County, Washington was able to address obesity and health inequality among youth in the community t…
Bike Smarts, a public education program in British Columbia, was introduced at Lochside Elementary School in 1996 as a way to educate students about bicycle safety and encourage t…
In 2009, the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) launched the Best Bones Forever! program, encouraging girls aged 9 to 14 to improve their bone health through eating foods rich in calc…
In an attempt to reduce the use of individual motor vehicles the Municipality of Århus created a plan to encourage residents to use methods of sustainable transportation such as b…
In 1996, the Agita São Paulo program was launched to help combat the effects of low physical activity in the Brazilian state, particularly among lower income residents, by encoura…