Newsletter – National Association for Health and Fitness

1. Journal of Physical Activity and Health

If you want evidence-based information on movement, public health, exercise behaviour, and active living, this is a strong resource for you. The Journal of Physical Activity and Health gives you access to research, reviews, and practical insights that can help you better understand how physical activity supports healthier people and communities. Instead of sending you to an outdated supplement page, it makes more sense to direct you to the main journal page so you can explore current issues and related research for yourself.

2. Active Living Research and built-environment evidence

If you want to understand how your streets, neighbourhoods, parks, and public spaces can affect physical activity, this is a valuable area of research for you to explore. Active living is not just about personal motivation. It is also about whether the places around you make movement easier or harder. This resource helps you learn more about how the built environment can influence walking, recreation, obesity, and everyday health. It is especially useful for you if you work in health, education, planning, or community development and want research you can apply in the real world.

3. Children and exercise from a public health perspective

If you are interested in children’s health, youth fitness, or physical activity in schools and communities, this is a relevant resource for you. It gives you a pathway into current thinking around exercise medicine for children and adolescents, including topics like obesity prevention, sports participation, bone health, and injury prevention. Rather than relying on an expired event page, this updated link gives you access to an organisation that continues to focus on these important topics and helps you stay closer to current research and professional updates.

4. Promoting walking, biking, and public transport to work

If you want practical ideas on how to make daily movement part of your routine, active commuting is worth looking at. Walking, cycling, and using public transport for part of your trip can help you build more physical activity into your day without needing extra gym time. This resource gives you useful information on active transportation and how better systems, safer streets, and smarter planning can support healthier choices. It is a helpful place for you to start if you want to learn how transport and health connect.

5. National Trails Day

If you enjoy being active outdoors, National Trails Day is a great reminder of how movement, nature, and community can come together. It encourages you to get outside, explore local trails, and take part in events that support recreation and outdoor access. It also highlights the wider health benefits you can get from walking, hiking, and spending more time outdoors. This updated page is a much better resource for you because it gives you current event details, ideas, and ways to get involved.

6. Grants from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

If you are looking for funding opportunities related to parks, recreation spaces, historic preservation, or community projects, this is the official resource for you to check. It brings together current grant information, application details, and program updates in one place. This can be especially useful for you if you are involved in local government, non-profit work, or projects that aim to improve public spaces and create better opportunities for recreation and active living.

7. Community Guide recommendations for physical activity

If you want trusted public health guidance backed by research, the Community Guide is a strong resource for you. It helps you understand which strategies have enough evidence behind them to support physical activity at a population level. This includes built-environment approaches that can make it easier for people to move more in everyday life. If you work in public health, planning, education, or local decision-making, this page can help you find practical, evidence-based direction instead of relying on guesswork.

8. Zipcar and car-sharing alternatives

If you only need a car now and then, car-sharing may be a useful option for you. Instead of owning a vehicle full-time, a service like Zipcar can give you access to a car when you need it, while still allowing you to rely on walking, cycling, or public transport the rest of the time. This can suit you well if you want more flexibility, fewer transport costs, or a lifestyle that depends less on private car ownership. This updated link helps you see how car sharing works today and whether it could fit your needs.