Physical Activity Among Adolescents

Babey, Susan H.; Hastert, Theresa A.; Yu, Hongjian; Brown, E. Richard

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2008.01.020

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“…Although previous studies found that physical activity and health were related to maintenance [23,36,50], attractiveness [16,37,72,83], safety [20,33,36], and availability of facilities [17,50], no significant relationships were found for these aspects of park quality in the present study. For example, the condition of parks and facilities was important for encouraging facility use, and quality of facilities has been associated with more physical activity [36,50].…”

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“…Given that demographics and past park use have been shown to influence perceptions of parks [33,64,65] as well as physical activity and health [29,[66][67][68][69][70], gender, age, income, race/ethnicity, and past park use were controlled for in the four models. To categorize past park use, respondents who indicated that they had not visited a park within the last month were treated as nonvisitors.…”

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“…Specifically, perceived safety [33], perceived availability of facilities [25,34], perceived maintenance and condition of facilities [35,36], perceived attractiveness [16,37], and perceived use [32,38] are related to park use or physical activity. For example, Ries et al [32] found that greater perceived park quality pertaining to the amenities available, maintenance, aesthetics, and safety was associated with more than two times greater odds of using parks, but no association was found between park quality and physical activity.…”

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“…Therefore, perceptions of a particular domain, such as parks, can influence not only specific physical activity in that domain but also overall physical activity. Indeed, previous studies indicate that park quality may not only be related with park-based physical activity [27] but also overall physical activity [33,37,38]. However, the compensation hypothesis proposes that more physical activity in one setting could reduce physical activity in others [40,41].…”

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Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

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Background Parks are important resources for physical activity (PA), yet few studies have examined how perceptions of park characteristics relate to PA and health. Purpose This study investigated associations between perceptions of neighborhood park quality and overall moderateto-vigorous PA (MVPA), park-based PA, and body mass index (BMI). Methods Data were collected via questionnaire from 893 households in Kansas City, Missouri. Results The newly developed neighborhood park quality scale demonstrated good test-retest and internal reliability. Residents' perceptions of neighborhood park quality were related to PA and health outcomes. Perceiving parks as a benefit was positively related to overall MVPA and park-based PA and negatively related to BMI. Perceptions of well-used parks were positively related to BMI, while perceived cleanliness was negatively related to parkbased PA. Conclusions Better measuring and understanding how perceptions of local parks are associated with PA and health can improve appreciation of how parks facilitate active living.

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Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

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“…21 It has also been found that adolescents who have a park within a walking distance are likely to do physical activity regularly. 22 However, the spatial data available to us for our study did not allow the proximity to students' residential addresses of parks and other outdoor recreation facilities to be examined, given the district-based recruitment method that was used.…”

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Associations of Residential Density with Adolescents’ Physical Activity in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area of Mainland China

Liang

et al. 2009

J Urban Health

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In the context of recent social and economic transitions in China, lack of physical activity among adolescents is an emerging health risk, particularly so in rapidly expanding urban areas. Evidence from Western countries suggests that built environment attributes can influence the physical activity participation of young people, but whether or not this is the case for China is unknown. We recruited high school students from ten urban districts in Nanjing, Mainland China (n=2,375; mean age=13.9± 1.0 years old; 46% boys; survey response rate=89%). The outcome variable was selfreported recreational physical activity time; the primary explanatory variable was the residential density of the urban districts. Analysis was conducted using mixed-effects logistic regression models. After adjustment for potential confounding variables, including sedentary behavior and green space, there was a consistent and graduated association between residential density and physical activity; residential density was significantly negatively associated with recreational physical activity time for students from the higher tertile of residential density (OR; 95% CI=0.64; 0.42 to 0.97) compared to those from the lower tertile. The direction and magnitude of the negative association between residential density and physical activity was similar for boys and girls. It should be a public health priority to identify the particular urban environment attributes that can encourage and support young people's participation in physical activity.

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The Effect of Perceived and Structural Neighborhood Conditions on Adolescents' Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors

Kim

Liu

Colabianchi

et al. 2010

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Physical Activity Among Adolescents

Cited by 160 publications

References 13 publications

Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

Perceptions of Neighborhood Park Quality: Associations with Physical Activity and Body Mass Index

Associations of Residential Density with Adolescents’ Physical Activity in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area of Mainland China

The Effect of Perceived and Structural Neighborhood Conditions on Adolescents' Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors

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