Includes bibliographical references and index.

State physical activity policies -- Public school physical activity legislative policy initiatives: what we have learned -- Role of recess and physical activity breaks during the school day -- Physical activity in early childhood centers: New York City as a case study -- After-school programs and physical activity-- VERB: it's what you do! And VERB scorecard: bringing a national campaign to communities -- Start.Living.Healthy: using mass media to increase physical activity in Hawai'i -- ParticipACTION: the national voice of physical activity and sport participation in Canada -- Wheeling walks: a targeted mass media-led physical activity campaign -- Mass media campaigns to promote physical activity: Australia and New Zealand as case studies -- Communication strategies to promote the 2008 physical activity guidelines for Americans -- Institute of lifestyle medicine -- Exercise vital sign at Kaiser Permanente -- Profession MD-lifestyle program -- Development and implementation of the physical activity vital sign (PAVS) -- Strides to strength exercise program for cancer survivors -- ParK-12 and beyond: converting schoolyards into community play space in crowded cities -- Learning to be healthy and active in after-school time: the Säjai Foundation's wise kids program -- Moovin' and groovin' in the bayou: summer camps increase youth physical activity through intentional design -- Finding common ground: play space modifications can increase physical activity for all children -- Pioneering physically active communities: YMCA of the USA's healthier communities initiatives -- Professional sport venues as opportunities for physical activity breaks: the San Diego Padres' FriarFit instant recess -- Fit to drive: integrated injury prevention, health, and wellness for truck drivers -- Instant recess: integrating physical activity into the workday at Kaiser Permanente South Bay Health Center -- ChooseWell LiveWell: an employee health promotion partnership between Saint Paul public schools and HealthPartners -- What's next? Keeping NextEra energy's health & well-being program active for 20 years -- Johnson & Johnson: bringing physical activity, fitness, and movement to the workplace -- Building vitality at IBM: physical activity and fitness as one component of a comprehensive strategy for employee well-being -- State-based efforts for physical activity planning: experience from Texas and West Virginia -- Health impact assessments: a means to initiate and maintain cross-sector partnerships to promote physical activity -- Move more scholars institute -- The national society of physical activity practitioners in public health: elevating the issue of physical activity; equipping professionals to do so -- Successful cross-sector partnerships to implement physical activity: live well Omaha coalition -- Tracking and measuring physical activity policy -- Institutionalizing safe routes to school in Columbia, Missouri -- Local public health leadership for active community design: an approach for year-round physical activity in Houghton, Michigan -- A road diet for increased physical activity: redesigning for safer walking, bicycling, and transit use -- Incorporating physical activity and health outcomes in regional transportation planning -- Leveraging public and private relationships to make Omaha bicycle friendly -- Using legal and policy muscles to support physically active communities -- Reducing barriers to activity among special populations: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA -- New York state healthy eating and physical activity alliance.

This title profiles 42 physical activity programmes that are helping people adopt more active and healthy lifestyles. It highlights innovative and tested physical activity programmes being implemented in eight sectors including education; healthcare, fitness and sports.