Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, contributes to the prevention of childhood obesity in low-income and high-risk racial/ethnic communities by supporting research to examine how environments and policies influence active living for children and their families.

	We are helping to develop a new transdisciplinary field of active living researchers.
	We manage grants to help build the evidence base.
	We have a resource center of literature citations and active living news.

2009

The preliminary conference agenda is now posted.

2008

Presentations from the 2008 ALR Annual Conference are available.

Submission deadline for Letters of Intent for the Rapid-Response grant opportunity was September 26, 2008.

The 2006 health special issue (Vol. 72, Issue 1) of the Journal of the American Planning Association is now available for a limited time in full text.

ALR-funded Round 4 policy case studies are now published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Designing for Active Living Among Adults Research Summary
The latest Research Summary on the environmental factors and policies related to physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns in adults.

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Frequent updates regarding news, publications, funding opportunities, job announcements, and events from related organizations in the field of active living.

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