tailieunhanh - Fit-City 2: Promoting Physical Activity through Design

his plan sets the course toward realizing a healthy, prosperous, and resilient future for our city. It calls on us all to rise to the challenge of transforming our community to create a better life for future generations. As with other cities around the world, Vancouver faces challenges that call for decisive action and innovation, and every resident and business will play a crucial role in helping us, as a community, to reach our goals. A growing population, climate uncertainty, rising fossil fuel prices, and shiting economic opportunities are just some of the challenges that now call on. | TABLE OF CONTENTS Fit-City Policy Opening remarks Mary Bassett MD MPH Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Illustration The Obesity Epidemic in the United States Keynote Remarks Craig Zimring PhD Professor of Architecture and Psychology at Georgia Institute of Remarks Laurie Kerr RA NYC Mayor s Office and Karen Lee MD MHSc FRCPC NYC Department of Health and Mental Introduction Sustainability and LEED Standards for Human Via Verde Sustainable Affordable Housing in the South Illustration Via Riverside Health Center A Healthy Public Building on the Upper West Illustration Riverside Health Introduction Interiors and Illustration Making Stairs Visible and New York Times Building Programming Physical Activity and Health in Illustration New York Times Diane Von Furstenberg Headquarters Stairs as a Design Element in Illustration Diane Von Furstenberg Closing Remarks David Burney FAIA Commissioner of the NYC Department of Design and Introductions Design has been key to eliminating many public health hazards in the past and people in public health have long known that design changes are better than changes in education alone. Housing helped prevent the spread of tuberculosis and that worked much better than trying to teach millions of people to cover their mouths when they cough. Fluoride in the water works better than telling everybody to use fluoride drops. If you ve ever tried telling a 1-year-old not to teethe you will know that lead-free paint works much better clean air is better than having millions of people walk around wearing masks and clean water is better than telling everyone to boil. - Lynn Silver MD MPH New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene INTRODUCTIONS I m pleased .