Collection

2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Edward T. Davis, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tony Monahan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

ideal setting for the advancement of physical activity (Keating, et al., 2005; Huang, et al., 22003). To this end, researchers have suggested a greater effort on the part of college faculty andadministration to increase student awareness of the benefits of physical activity and offer moreprograms designed to get students active (Lowry, et al., 2000; Keating, et al., 2005; Kwan, et al.,2012). Among the goals of the American College Health Association’s Healthy Campus 2020initiative is for colleges to “create social and physical environments that promote good health forall” (2010, p. 1). According to Dr. James Pivarnik of the American College of Sports Medicine,"The built environment, as we call