Fitness Fact
You can burn 10
calories walking one flight of stairs. Riding an elevator only burns two calories.
What is Music City Moves!?
Active living is a way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines.
The goal is to accumulate at least 30 minutes of activity each day.
Individuals may achieve this by walking or bicycling for transportation,
exercise or pleasure; playing in the park; working in the yard;
taking the stairs; and using recreation facilities.
Active Living by Design promotes that there are five “P’s”
to creating a community designed to promote active lifestyles:
Preparation
Develop and foster multi-disciplinary partnerships that include
representatives from public health, city planning, transportation,
architecture and other fields.
Promotion
Communicate through various outlets the importance of active living
in a variety of built, natural and social environments.
Programs
Create programs that heighten the demand for physical activity in
the community. Utilize programs to raise awareness of active living
issues and mobilize the public to advocate for policy change.
Policy
Influence decisions that impact policies and programs to ensure
that infrastructures are institutionalized.
Projects
Implementing and supporting facilities that promote physical activity.
Promote the development or improvement of parks, trails, bikeways
and sidewalks.
Music City Moves
Music City Moves! (MCM!) is a community partnership committed to building an active, healthy community for everyone. The partnership will establish and evaluate innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies, and communications strategies.The MCM! Partnership will receive $200,000 over five years from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop, implement and sustain collaboration among a variety of organizations in a range of disciplines. These disciplines include public health, city planning, transportation, architecture, recreation, crime prevention, traffic safety, and education. Also included are key advocacy groups concentrating on land use, public transit, non-motorized travel, public spaces, parks, trails, and architectural practices that advance physical activity.
The MCM! Partnership meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at:
Metro Planning
730 2nd Avenue South
To get involved, email or call Toks Omishakin at 615-862-7147.
Active Living by Design
Active Living by Design is a national program of The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and is a part of the UNC School of Public
Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This program establishes
and evaluates innovative approaches to increase physical activity
through community design, public policies and communications strategies.
Music City Moves is one of twenty-five community partnerships funded
to develop, implement and sustain collaboration among a variety
of organizations in public health and other disciplines, such as
city planning, transportation, architecture, recreation, crime prevention,
traffic safety and education, as well as key advocacy groups concentrating
on land use, public transit, non-motorized travel, public spaces,
parks, trails, and architectural practices that advance physical
activity. More information on these community partnerships can be
found here.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans. To achieve the most impact with funding, grants are prioritized into four goal areas:To assure that all Americans have access to quality health care at reasonable cost. Nearly 44 million Americans, over 8 million of them children, go without health insurance. This is the single greatest barrier to obtaining timely, appropriate health care services.
To improve the quality of care and support for people with chronic health conditions. One hundred million Americans suffer from chronic health conditions, and that number is almost certain to increase as the population ages.
To promote healthy communities and lifestyles. Our health behaviors, level of social interaction, and other factors outside medical care are important influences on overall health.
To reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse — tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. Tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs inflict an enormous toll on Americans, especially among our youth.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports training, education, research (excluding biomedical research), and projects that demonstrate the effective delivery of health care services. Rather than paying for individual care, there is a focus on health care systems and the conditions that promote better health.
Grantees are as varied as the challenges they tackle. They include: hospitals; medical, nursing, and public schools; hospices; professional associations; research organizations; state and local government agencies; and community groups.
More information on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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