Purpose: To compare relations of neighborhood walkability and home equipment to (1) total and (2) location-specific physical activity.
Methods: 290 adolescents (M age=14.1±1.4 years; 45% girls; 74.7% White non-Hispanic) wore GPS and accelerometers for 5.4±1.9 days set to record at 30-second epochs. GIS was used to calculate a walkability index (sum of z-scores for density, mixed-use, ...
Purpose: Weather conditions, along with day length, are proposed as the main drivers of the seasonal patterns in children’s physical activity (PA). This study examines the relationship between rainfall and PA among 9-10 year old children in Norfolk, UK, and how this changes as they age.
Methods: Participants were 283 ...
Purpose: Increasing physical activity (PA) may be an important non-pharmacological approach to improve sleep quality but it is not clear how level and timing and co-current light exposure influence sleep quality. PA time outdoors may be more beneficial for sleep, but only recently has it been possible to measure sleep, ...
Purpose: Older adults in retirement communities are among the least active population segment. In a randomized controlled trial, assess whether a multi level intervention including individual, interpersonal and environmental components increased step counts in older adults living in continuing care retirement communities.
Methods: Older adults (average age 83) were recruited from 11 ...
Purpose: Despite benefits associated with physical activity (PA), less than 3% of older adults meet national guidelines. Theoretical
models have suggested social support (SS) as an important construct related to increased PA. The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between SS and objectively measured PA in a ...
Purpose: Environmental characteristics of home neighbourhoods are hypothesised to be associated with residents’ physical activity levels, yet many studies report only weak associations. We propose this is in part a result of inappropriate definitions of what constitutes a neighbourhood. We objectively measured the distance that adolescents roamed from home to ...
Purpose: To pilot test the Bluetooth based ZONITH Indoor Positioning System (IPS) and investigate if different indoor areas in a science museum are associated with different types of behavior.
Methods: 171 students (grade 6) were invited to participate in the study and were asked to wear a Bluetooth-enabled Global Positioning System (GPS) ...
Purpose: Environmental changes have been identified as potentially effective population-level physical activity (PA) promotion strategies. However, good quality multi-site evidence to guide international action aimed at developing activity supportive environments is lacking. We estimated pooled associations of perceived environmental attributes with objectively-measured PA outcomes; between-site differences in such associations; and, ...
Purpose: Hong Kong children have been identified as one of the most inactive populations worldwide. Attributes of the neighbourhood environment are thought to be important modifiable factors for increasing pre-schoolers’ PA. Thus, the present study aims to identify neighbourhood environmental correlates of PA in Hong Kong pre-schoolers.
Methods: 116 Chinese-speaking parents/...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between objective walkability and different domains of children’s PA, and to investigate the moderating effect of neighborhood socio-economic status (SES) in this relation.
Methods: Data were collected between December 2011 and May 2013 as part of the Belgian Environmental Physical ...