PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity AID - 10.1542/peds.2006-0472 DP - 2006 May 01 TA - Pediatrics PG - 1834--1842 VI - 117 IP - 5 4099 - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/5/1834.short 4100 - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/5/1834.full SO - Pediatrics2006 May 01; 117 AB - The current epidemic of inactivity and the associated epidemic of obesity are being driven by multiple factors (societal, technologic, industrial, commercial, financial) and must be addressed likewise on several fronts. Foremost among these are the expansion of school physical education, dissuading children from pursuing sedentary activities, providing suitable role models for physical activity, and making activity-promoting changes in the environment. This statement outlines ways that pediatric health care providers and public health officials can encourage, monitor, and advocate for increased physical activity for children and teenagers.