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Fitwel® Community and Commercial Sites (Beta Version)
Published in Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem, Building for Well-Being, 2021
Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem
The Restroom and Water Access Section highly depends on how these spaces are located throughout the community and how they are designed. Establishing a community plan that Provides universally accessible restrooms in open spaces is a critical strategy allowing occupants and visitors to utilize community amenities regardless of age or ability. Having a universally accessible restroom onsite also allows occupants to increase time spent on site, an especially important feature for families. Projects must have at least one free public restroom within a one-quarter mile of an open space with wayfinding strategies providing clear directions. The restroom site must meet one of several Americans with Disabilities (ADA) requirements, as outlined in the scorecard, increasing access and reducing physical boundaries for use. Like restroom availability, access to drinking water affords users to stay outside longer, and be active and engaged longer. Providing universally accessible drinking water supplies improves regular hydration and can decrease consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Projects must include a water supply, such as fountains or refilling stations, located in all outdoor common spaces, fitness areas, and indoor common areas. The water must be free and maintain established water accessibility standards. By locating these facilities appropriately in the plan, and ensuring that they are accessible, designers can help to encourage extended use of outdoor spaces.
A Qualitative Evaluation of A Community-Based Nutrition and Health Promotion Program
Published in Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2022
Christina I. Nieves, Rachel Dannefer, Arlen Zamula, Anthony Fonseca, Christa Myers, La’Shawn Brown-Dudley, Noel Manyindo
The Eat Healthy curriculum presents participants with healthy alternatives to the foods they enjoy. For example, participants learn alternatives to frying food in corn oil and ways to reduce sugar content in juice. They also learn about alternatives to sugar-sweetened beverages, like fruit-infused water. Focus group participants discussed adopting these alternatives. We are used to cooking one way … I used to fry everything. I don’t do that anymore. (Woman, English FG 1)When I came I would not drink a lot of water. I used to drink a bottle of water a day. Now I drink four to five bottles. I put cucumbers in the water. I put the lemons, oranges … (Woman, English FG 1)
A Mixed-methods Study of Nutrition-focused Food Banking in the United States
Published in Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2022
Sarah E. Roth, Marla Feldman, Marlene B. Schwartz, Michael L. Prelip
Respondents were asked to consider their overall annual inventory and estimate the percentage comprised from six categories of foods: (a) fresh produce (i.e., fruits and vegetables); (b) soda; (c) other sugar-sweetened beverages (e.g., energy/sports drinks, fruit drinks, bottled coffee/tea drinks, etc.); (d) sweet snack foods and desserts (e.g., cookies, cakes, bakery products, etc.); (e) savory snack foods (e.g., crackers, chips, etc.); and (f) candy. The response scale included ranges from 0%, 1–2%, 3–4%, 5–10%, and then 5% increments up to 100%. Responses for each food type were recoded into the mean value within the selected range. The analyses used the value for fresh produce, and then the sum of the remaining foods (i.e., unhealthy foods).
Cardiovascular health profile among Québec male and female police officers
Published in Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2019
Philippe Gendron, Claude Lajoie, Louis Laurencelle, François Trudeau
Ingestion of sugar-sweetened beverages, including soft drinks, also increases the risk of T2D, obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and CHD,33 and, consequently, the risk of on-duty SCD. Male and female PO with BMI higher than or equal to 30 kg/m2 consumed more soft drinks than those with BMI lower than 30 kg/m2, and male PO with no CVD symptoms consumed less soft drinks than male PO who had at least 1 CVD symptom. Significant (p ≤ 0.001) partial correlations (adjusted for age) were also obtained between weekly soft drink consumption and BMI and number of modifiable CVD risk factors, respectively, in male (0.180 and 0.111) and female (0.158 and 0.155) PO.