Back to School - Health Alert - FitCity 6

"Diabetes Type 2 under age 10, we never saw it before"

 Carlos Santos-Burgoa, MD, FitCity6

"Environmental design can play a crucial role in improving public health"

 Dr. Thomas Farley NYC Health Commissioner

Currently, 1 in 3 people born in the US will develop obesity, 33% of the adult population.   Childhood obesity is so rapidly growing, it’s epidemic. At the annual FitCity conference at the Center for Architecture, somewhat ironically, designers from elsewhere shared tips for New York to keep moving: 

For New York, Never Stop Moving"

Rosan Bosch, jumpUP, jumpDOWN, jumpZONE  

Interior use of natural light and open space demonstrates how local DNA supports its ever-moving dance community:

"Build for common activity, not just the individual one" 

Carlos Santos-Burgoa, MD  FitCity 6

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“We need to make the healthy choice easy by changing the physical environment” FitCity 6

Under-the-BQE  AFHNY 

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According to the World Health Organization, at the time of this writing, incidence of obesity in the world is: 33,768,188 and US expenditures due to obesity related diseases in the USA are $1,117,237.  You can check the clock daily to see if it is slowing down:  http: //www.worldometers.info/obesity

Active design is green design, for Active Design Guidelines:

Amy Green, Associate AIA, LEED AP

LEED and Green Development Coordinator

Center for Active Design

30-30 Thompson Ave. LIC, NY  11101

UnderBQE following site survey (left)

AFHny project meeting at Van Alen Institute (right)
http://www.vanalen.org/

Links
Center for Architecture
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=center-for-architecture

Rosan Bosch
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=PE2011&expid=142

Dance New Amsterdam
http://www.dnadance.org/site/

Fit City 6
http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=2523

AFHny
http://newyork.architectureforhumanity.org/

Department of Transporation
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml

Active Design Guidelines
http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/design/active_design.shtml