Built Environment, Obesity and Health Strategic Initiative

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and CIHR's Institutes of Aging (IA), Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH), Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD), and Population and Public Health (IPPH) are pleased to announce the results of the "Built Environment, Obesity and Health" Strategic Initiative competition.

The primary objective of this strategic initiative is to support policy-relevant collaborative projects that advance knowledge and its translation on how the built environment (defined as the outcome of community planning, design and implementation)—in the context of contributing to obesity— is influenced by, and/or impacts on, the following factors:

• obesity and well-being
• policies and standards for community planning, design and implementation
• physical activity levels and/or nutrition
• social, economic, and policy environment
• socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity and age
• individual choices and behavior

A total of 24 applications were submitted, of which 7 were approved, which results in a success rate of 29%.

For a list of applications approved for funding through this competition, please refer to the HSFC website.