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Safe Routes to School

In: Encyclopedia of School Health
Edited by: David C. Wiley & Amy C. Cory
Subject:School Health Nursing, Health & Wellness, Public Health Education & Health Promotion
Keywords:bicycling; built environment; Department of Transportation; physical activity in children; prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States; safe routes to school; transportation

Over the last 4 decades, the increasing rate of childhood obesity has generated a great deal of concern nationwide, and has been a factor in recent efforts to encourage children to walk or ride their bicycles to school. Since the 1960s, ...

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  Wiley, D. C., & Cory, A. C. (2013). Safe routes to school. In Encyclopedia of school health (pp. 518-519). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276250.n208
  
  Wiley, David C., and Amy C. Cory. "Safe Routes to School." In Encyclopedia of School Health, edited by Wiley, David C., and Amy C. Cory, 518-19. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276250.n208.
  
  Wiley, D. C. and Cory, A. C. 2013. Safe Routes to School. In: David C. Wiley and Amy C. Cory Editors, 2013. Encyclopedia of School Health, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 518-519 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276250.n208> [Accessed 26 Jun 2022].
  
  Wiley, David C. and Amy C. Cory. "Safe Routes to School." Encyclopedia of School Health. Edited by Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 518-19. SAGE Knowledge. 26 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276250.n208.
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