This document provides a list of resources, steps and processes for creating healthy food and physical activity environments.

Released in 2014 by Smart Growth America, Measuring Sprawl 2014 examines how some places in the United States are sprawling out and some places are building in compact, connected ways. 

In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth.

Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices is the result of a collaborative partnership among the American Planning Association (APA), the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC), and the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN).

School districts are responsible for the education of almost 50 million public school students. This report identifies the larger community interest in decisions about retaining existing schools and deciding where to locate new ones. 

Steps to a Walkable Community compilesmultidisciplinary tactics that readers can assemble into customstrategies designed for their community’s circumstances. The guidecontains tactics for building or rebuilding cities and suburbs in ways thatencourage walking.

Released in April 2014, the 2014 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth assesses the levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviors in American children and youth, facilitators and barriers for physical activity, and related health outcomes. 

According to CSBA’s research with school governance teams in California, schoolboard members recognize the link between student health and academicachievement, but when faced with a multitude of competing priorities and limitedresources, are hard pressed to make wellness a high priority in the district/COE.

The Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles (BHELA) Community Health Assessment explores the nexus between the built environment, public policy, and urban planning in an effort to determine their impact on the health and wellbeing of residents in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles.

This document provides guidance for implementing and evaluating Complete Streets.