Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity in 11 countries: do associations differ by country?

Perceived neighborhood environment and physical activity in 11 countries: do associations differ by country?

Increasing empirical evidence supports associations between neighborhood environments and physical activity. However, since most studies were conducted in a single country, particularly western countries, the generalizability of associations in an international setting is not well understood. The cu...

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Veröffentlicht in:The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, Vol.10 (1), p.57
Hauptverfasser: Nan, Ding, Adams, Marc A, Sallis, James F, Norman, Gregory J, Hovell, Melbourn F, Chambers, Christina D, Hofstetter, C. Richard, Bowles, Heather R, Hagströmer, Maria, Craig, Cora L, Gomez, Luis Fernando, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Macfarlane, Duncan J, Ainsworth, Barbara E, Bergman, Patrick, Bull, Fiona C, Carr, Harriette, Klasson-Heggebo, Lena, Inoue, Shigeru, Murase, Norio, Matsudo, Sandra, Matsudo, Victor, McLean, Grant, Sjöström, Michael, Tomten, Heidi, Lefevre, Johan, Volbekiene, Vida, Bauman, Adrian E
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Zusammenfassung:Increasing empirical evidence supports associations between neighborhood environments and physical activity. However, since most studies were conducted in a single country, particularly western countries, the generalizability of associations in an international setting is not well understood. The current study examined whether associations between perceived attributes of neighborhood environments and physical activity differed by country.
ISSN:1479-5868
1479-5868