From USA Today?..
?Active design? is the new weapon in the fight against the national obesity crisis. Stairs, open spaces, locating office equipment away from desks are design tools used to get people moving.
The push to reverse the obesity epidemic and promote physical fitness is spilling into design and architecture and beginning to target one of the nation?s most sedentary environments: the office.
?Active design? ? the architectural principle of creating spaces that encourage healthy lifestyles ? is gaining popularity as more cities and companies join the fight and embrace healthy initiatives and ?green? measures.
New York ? the city that banned trans fats in restaurants and the sales of large sugary drinks in cups ? adopted Active Design Guidelines in 2006. That has sparked interest among architects and planners, even on the eve of a deep financial slump. With the help of a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the city is mentoring 14 other cities, including Philadelphia, Tucson, Nashville and Seattle, to improve the built environment to reduce obesity.
?How do you get people moving??, says Rick Bell, executive director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. ?If exercise and everyday activity is the mantra, how do you, through design, get people to exercise? ? There is a direct relation between the built environment and people?s lifestyles.?
History has proved it. Architecture played a major role in defeating infectious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis in the 19th and 20th centuries by designing better buildings, streets, clean-water systems and parks.
Today, obesity is the threat. More than a third of American adults, teens and children are obese, or roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight.
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