text: Policies and environments – ISBNPA
  The goal of this SIG is to facilitate a network of ISBNPA members that are working in the area of environment and policy research to improve diet and physical activity.
  By creating a platform by which researchers in ISBNPA across the globe can share their work in this area, the SIG hopes to promote collaboration across measurement, monitoring, evaluation, stimulation of action and advocacy efforts, definition, dissemination and translation of current and future research in this area.
  For the purposes of the SIG, "environments" are defined broadly to include the collective physical, economic, policy and socio-cultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people's food and beverage choices, nutritional status, sedentary behavior and physical activity.
  Policy is defined broadly to include local, state and national and/or international laws and policies. Programs may be included, if specified by a law. In this SIG, environment and policy are viewed as two levers that often overlap and may be utilized to promote population change in health and behavior. These levers offer potential to make the environments where we live, work and play more health promotive and supportive of healthier behaviors that can be integrated easily into lifestyles.
  Professor Catherine Woods, Physical Activity for Health in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick
  [email protected]; @Catherinebwoods
  Dr. Janas Harrington, Physical Activity for Health in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick
  [email protected]; @janasharrington
  Others in the 'Leadership team'
  Dr. Jeroen Lakerveld, Senior Researcher, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
  Dr. Rebecca Lee, Professor, Arizona State University
  Joreintje Mackenbach, Researcher, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
  Dr. April Oh, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
  Dr. Daniel Taber, Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Public Health
  Dr. Stefanie Vandevijvere, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  Dr. Wilma Waterlander, Postdoctoral researcher, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  Interviews with SIG members
  Follow the links below to watch a series of short-interviews organized by the Policies and Environments SIG