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<br /> outdoor ADULT<br /> Fitness parksTM<br /> Best practices for promoting community health by increasing physical activity<br /> II OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS PARKS | BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES<br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS<br /> Advisory Network ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3<br /> Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................................................... 4<br /> Physical Activity Needs and Implications ............................................................................................................................. 6<br /> History of Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks .................................................................................................................................. 12<br /> Unique Benefit<a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=1"> outdoor ADULT Fitness parksTM Best practices for</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=2"> II OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS PARKS | BEST PRACTICE</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=3"> TABLE OF CONTENTS Advisory Network .............</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=4"> PURPOSE INSPIRE COMMUNITIES to advocate and util</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=5"> Our Advisory Network 3 “Outdoor Adult Fitnes</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=6"> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Public Health Priority With the</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=7"> UNIQUE BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS PARKS › </a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=8"> PHYSICAL ACTIVITY NEEDS & IMPLICATIONS The I</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=9"> Physical Activity Needs & Implications 7 Accor</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=10"> Mental Health and Well-being In addition to physi</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=11"> Physical Activity Needs & Implications 9 Regu</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=12"> Physical activity has positive effects on brain h</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=13"> Physical Activity Needs & Implications 11 Wha</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=14"> HISTORY OF OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS PARKS E</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=15"> History of Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks 13 to</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=16"> UNIQUE BENEFITS A diverse outdoor recreation syst</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=17"> Unique Benefits of Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks </a> <a title="Outdoor 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Fitness Parks_2019 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=82"> ATTRACTING STUDENTS AND PROMOTING HEALTH AND </a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=83"> Case Studies: A Call to Action 81 </a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=84"> UTILIZING PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE MULTIGENERAT</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=85"> Case Studies: A Call to Action 83 </a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=86"> REFERENCES & RESOURCES REFERENCES 1 O’Keefe, J</a> <a title="Outdoor Adult Fitness Parks_2019 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/e468de2a?page=87"> References & Resources 85 some of the negative </a> <a title="Outdoor 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