1.Lions and Tigers and BearsThe Vital Role of the Built EnvironmentOH MY!Building Whole Communities Think TankJuly 10, 2012

2. Jessica Osborne, MURP, MUDColorado Dept. of Public Health and EnvironmentBetsy Jacobsen Colorado Dept. of Transportation 3. Why should we be concerned? 4. Defining our termsPUBLIC HEALTHBUILT ENVIRONMENTPublic health is "the science and art of The term built environment refers to thepreventing disease, prolonging life andhuman-made surroundings that providepromoting health through the organized the setting for human activity, ranging inefforts and informed choices of society, scale from personal shelter and buildingsorganizations, public and private, communities to neighborhoods and cities, and can oftenand individuals." (1920, C.E.A Winslow) It isinclude their supporting infrastructure, such as water supply or energy networks.concerned with threats to the overall healthof a community based on populationhealth analysis.Both definitions adapted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org. 5. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990, 1999, 2009 (*BMI 30, or about 30 lbs. overweight for 54 person)1990 1999 2009No Data