Health and Fitness

Eliminating Street Crossings Can Make it Safer for Children to Walk to School

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Walking to school can improve children’s health, and public health initiatives often focus on increasing the number of children who walk or bicycle to school. However, increased walking could also increase children’s risk of being injured in a collision with a vehicle.

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A study published in the May 2014 Pediatrics, “Motor Vehicle-Pedestrian Collisions and Walking to School: The Role of theBuilt Environment,” (published online April 7), found…

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