Research Design Connections: Promoting Physical Activity

by Robert Beck | May 8th, 2023

The Global Wellness Institute has published the Wellness Policy Toolkit: Physical Activity, and it is available free at the web address noted below.  As the toolkit’s website notes, “Wellness Policy Toolkit: Physical Activity takes a deep dive into physical activity as a domain of wellness policy. It provides the rationale for why wellness policy in physical activity is necessary, and it presents six areas of policy action that can encourage and support people to engage in sufficient physical activity to stay healthy, both in their daily lives and during their leisure time. The toolkit discusses the many challenges that contribute to high and rising levels of physical inactivity, and it examines specific ways in which new policies, government resources, and cross-sector partnerships can address those gaps and constraints.” 2023 Wellness Policy Toolkit: Physical Activity Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly …