Provide an environment supportive of physical activity.

Sample Activities:

• Adopt policies to promote physical activity among employees.
• Conduct a physical activity environment assessment.
• Implement incentive-based physical activity programs.
• Promote programs to encourage modes of alternative transportation.
• Implement stairwell campaign to include point of decision prompts.
• Enhance the worksite and surrounding area to encourage physical activity.
• Sponsor active living events such as walking clubs, sports tournaments, and recreational sports teams.
• Provide employees with onsite education and resources related to physical activity.

Tools:

Worksites Moving More

We Can! Energize our Community: Toolkit for Action

CDC Stairwell Campaign

Discount Fitness Club Network

Worksite Walkability Audit

Walk and Roll: A Guide to Active Transportation to, from and at the Workplace

Active Living At Work

Families Eating Smart, Moving More

Move More Walking Map Guide

America On the Move

American Heart Association’s Start! Walking Program

Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for Workplaces

Cooper Institute and CDC – Personal Empowerment Plan

WELCOA Quick Culture Inventory

The Well Workplace Checklist

LEANWorks! Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition

Guide to Community Preventive Services.  Obesity Prevention: worksite programs to control overweight and obesity

School Employee Wellness: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation’s Schools