The proportion of youths’ physical inactivity attributable to neighbourhood built environment features
In: International Journal of Health Geographics, Jg. 12, Heft 1, S. 31-31
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Objective We investigated the independent association between several neighbourhood built environment features and physical inactivity within a national sample of Canadian youth, and estimated the proportion of inactivity within the population that was attributable to these built environment features. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 6626 youth aged 11–15 years from 272 schools across Canada. Participants resided within 1 km of their school. Walkability, outdoor play areas (parks, wooded areas, yards at home, cul-de-sacs on roads), recreation facilities, and aesthetics were measured objectively within each school neighbourhood using geographic information systems. Physical inactivity (
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The proportion of youths’ physical inactivity attributable to neighbourhood built environment features
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Laxer, Rachel E. ; Janssen, Ian |
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Zeitschrift: | International Journal of Health Geographics, Jg. 12, Heft 1, S. 31-31 |
Veröffentlichung: | Springer Nature |
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ISSN: | 1476-072X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1186/1476-072x-12-31 |
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