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In class, we watched a video from the Mayor of Oklahoma City describing how he put his city on a diet. The Million Pound Challenge he described is an example of what type of community-based intervention approach? (Choose the best answer)  

Which one of the following is not an informational approach to increase physical activity? (Pick the best answer)  

Informational approaches to increase physical activity focus on which one of the following factors that is thought to precede (or come before) behavior? (Choose all that are correct)  

Match the following definitions to the term

One strategy described under the Public Health Sector of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan is for public health organizations to develop and maintain a workforce with competence and expertise in physical activity and health. What is one tactic described under this strategy? (Pick the best answer).

Consider the following intervention: At a local church a health committee decides to promote physical activity with a new policy on active breaks for all church staff. They applied and accepted funding to change a room in the church into a “active break room”.  In addition they added more lighting and fixed the sidewalks around the church to provide safe outdoor walking paths. What levels of the Ecological Model are targeted in this intervention? (Pick the best answer)

(True/False) Family-based social support intervention strategies focus on families, because they are a major source of influence for children (modeling).  

The use of rewards or punishments will _______________ the likelihood of a similar response happening in the future. (Choose the best answer to fill in the blank)

The U.S. National Physical Activity Plan is grounded in which theoretical framework or model? (Pick the best answer)

(True/False) The overarching goals of the Public Health Sector of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan are to promote physical activity through religious congregations and through organized religious denominations.