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Getting Youth Active | Toolkit for the Trade | Research

Research

Recent studies that support the need for programs like Getting Youth Active include:

  • Inactivity Among American Youth Outdoor Industry Foundation's overview of youth inactivity and obesity issues with supporting facts and figures from publicly available research.


The Obesity Epidemic


The Necessity of Physical Activity


Psychological Benefits of Nature


Youthful Play Outdoors, Adult Environmentalism


Youth and Nature in Urban Environments


General