The Built Environment and Childhood Obesity.

Counseling on physical activity (PA) to promote a child's overall growth, development, and wellness is a routine part of a well child visit. Given less than a quarter of children in the United States ages 6 to 17 years get 60 minutes of PA daily, there is increased focus on the built environment, that is, neighborhood level supports and barriers to PA and risk for obesity. Broad-based consideration of the built environment's contribution to childhood obesity can inform public health prevention strategies at the individual, family, community, and societal levels that promote children's health, especially in high-risk communities.

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Disclosure Dr. M.P. Galvez is supported by grant UL1TR004419 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, United States, National Institutes of Health, United States, grants P30ESO23515 and K12ES033594 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, United States, and grant DOH01-C32994GG-3450000 from the New York State Department of Health, United States (New York State Children's Environmental Health Centers). Dr.M.P. Galvez is also supported in part by cooperative agreement FAIN: NU61TS000296 from the CDC and Prevention, United States/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided support through Inter-Agency Agreement DW-75 to 95877701 with CDC/ATSDR. The AAP supports the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units as the National Program Office. The findings and conclusions presented have not been formally disseminated by CDC/ATSDR or EPA and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy. Use of trade names that may be mentioned is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the CDC/ATSDR or EPA. A. Mears, AIA and Parsons Healthy Materials Lab is supported by a grant from The JPB Foundation, United States. A. Mears is Director of Parsons Healthy Materials Lab. Dr K. McCarthy is supported by grants UL1TR004419 and R01DK134725 funded by the National Institutes of Health.