Press articles
2007
National press
Indulgence
in motors, not Big Macs, is fuelling obesity crisis...
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 11 Aug 2007
... by car use which is the main determinant [of that],' said Adrian Davis,
an expert in health and transport policy and one of the authors of the report...
The
fume-spewing, fattening car is also utterly expendable
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 12 Aug 2007
Research carried out by the Institute for European Environmental Policy shows
that, in the last 30 years - when all but 19% of households have become car...
Schools should be 'free
of cars'
BBC News, UK - 13 Aug 2007
Co-author ...Carolina Valsecchi said: "The twin crises of obesity and climate
change are clearly interlinked through the switch from muscle power to engine...
Pupils take steps
to beat obesity
BBC News, UK - 13 Aug 2007
By Carla Pickering A report has called for car exclusion zones around schools
to help tackle global warming and obesity, but a Norfolk primary school has...
Call
to ban cars nears schools to tackle obesity
Caroline Bennett and agencies
SocietyGuardian.co.uk - 13 Aug 2007
Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to help tackle obesity
and climate change, a report suggested today.
Call
to ban cars nears schools
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 Aug 2007
Carolina Valsecchi, from the IEEP, said: "The twin crises of obesity and climate
change are clearly interlinked through the switch from muscle power to..."
Halt
school run and get in trim, says report
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 Aug 2007
Cars should be banned from the school run where the distance is walkable to
fight obesity in parents and children, the authors of a new report suggest...
School
run car ban proposed
Channel 4 News, UK - 14 Aug 2007
Researchers have called for 'car exclusion zones' around schools to get families
to walk short distances in a bid to cut obesity rates...
School
car ban to 'get kids walking'
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 14 Aug 2007
By Emily Nash - Cars should be banned from around schools to get children
walking and cut childhood obesity, a report has suggested...
Car-free
zones around schools 'can beat obesity'
Daily Mail - 14 Aug 2007
Regional press
'Walk
to school', says Government
Metro Monday - 13 Aug 2007
The Government has said it is committed to encouraging as many children as
possible to walk or cycle to school following the suggestion that car exclusion
zones should be set up around schools.
The London Paper - 13 Aug 2007
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Bid
to make pupils and parents fitter
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 13 Aug 2007
The report's lead author, Dr Adrian Davis, said: "The substitution of car
use for walking is a major contributor to the steep rise in obesity, as walking
is...
Car-free
zones around schools 'can beat obesity'
This is London, Evening Standard, Lite, UK - 13 Aug 2007
Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to force children to walk
to lessons, an environmental think-tank said yesterday.
Ban
school run 'to cut obesity'
Manchester Evening News, UK - 14 Aug 2007
Specialist press
School exclusion
zones proposed
News - What Car?, UK - 13 Aug 2007
Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to help combat obesity,
according to a new report. The London-based Institute for European Environmental
Policy...
Nibbles:
Obesity and school attendance, and the trouble with cars
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News, NV - 13 Aug 2007
A new report from the Institute for European Environmental Policy says that
when Britons get a car, the time they spend walking decreases from nearly
two...
Desperate measures for desperate
times - ban school car run and...
News-Medical.net, Australia - 14 Aug 2007
Desperate times call for desperate measures and the latest idea to cut obesity
rates especially in children is calling for 'car exclusion zones' around schools
to help tackle both obesity and climate change.
Call
to ban cars to tackle obesity
Nursing in Practice, UK - 14 Aug 2007
Cars should be banned from roads around schools to make families walk in a
bid to tackle the spiralling problem of obesity, a report claims.
Call to ban cars nears
schools
Environmental Transport Association, UK - 14 Aug 2007
An independent policy advisory group has suggested that car exclusion zones
should be imposed around schools to help tackle both obesity and climate change.
More
driving linked to obesity and higher CO2 emissions
Environmental Data Interactive - UK - 17 Aug 2007
" ... simple as walking short trips now made by car would be make an
important contribution to tackling both obesity and climate change", said
...Carolina Valsecchi.