Researchers suggest parks should adapt to better serve Latino trail users

By now, many people know that 30 minutes of daily exercise may go a long way toward extending their life expectancy. And among those who are taking the message to heart and actually becoming more physically active, the most commonly reported exercise of choice is walking.

Increasingly, many people are logging their miles on trails and greenways that are surfacing throughout the United States in parks and other outdoor settings.

But, according to Kim Shinew and Monika Stodolska, both professors of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois, not much research has focused on the recreational use of these pathways by the nation’s minority populations.”*

*From: http://www.news.uiuc.edu
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