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Differences in Adults’ Sedentary and Physical Activity Levels Across Social and Physical Contexts: An Ecological Momentary Assessment and Accelerometer Study

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose Research has shown that features of the home, work, and neighborhood environments are associated with sedentary and physical activity in adults. However, little is known about the extent to which objectively measured levels of sedentary and physical activity differ across these settings. According to behavior setting theory, ...


A Preliminary Study of Park Availability, Awareness and Use in Children: Combining GIS, GPS, Accelerometer and Self-Report Methods

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose A growing body of research has linked children‘s physical activity to neighborhood built environmental characteristics. in particular, neighborhood parks and open spaces have garnered much research attention for the opportunities they provide children to engage in physical activity. Studies in this area typically investigate the availability ...



Comparison of Pedometer and Accelerometer Activity Levels Among Fourth and Fifth Grade Students During the School Day

  • Presented on February 26, 2013

Background and Purpose Pedometers are popular, relatively inexpensive tools for objectively measuring physical activity. Pedometers have been used in schools to estimate and monitor student physical activity levels. A few studies have provided mixed evidence demonstrating the validity of pedometers for measuring physical activity levels, and several have suggested pedometer ...


A Preliminary Study of Park Availability, Awareness and Use in Children: Combining GIS, GPS, Accelerometer and Self-Report Methods

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose A growing body of research has linked children‘s physical activity to neighborhood built environmental characteristics. in particular, neighborhood parks and open spaces have garnered much research attention for the opportunities they provide children to engage in physical activity. Studies in this area typically investigate the availability ...



Comparison of Pedometer and Accelerometer Activity Levels among Fourth and Fifth Grade Students During the School Day

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose Pedometers are popular, relatively inexpensive tools for objectively measuring physical activity. Pedometers have been used in schools to estimate and monitor student physical activity levels. A few studies have provided mixed evidence demonstrating the validity of pedometers for measuring physical activity levels, and several have suggested pedometer ...


Public Transportation Use is Directly Related to More Physical Activity

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose Research suggests that public transportation (PT) (e.g., bus, rail) users are more physically active than non-users. However, this difference could be explained by other individual or shared environmental factors that differ between PT users versus non-users (e.g., attitudinal predisposition for being active; transit users live ...


Measuring Transportation Physical Activity: Self-Report vs. GPS

  • Presented on February 26 2013

Background and Purpose Research investigating relationships between physical activity (PA) for transportation and the built and social environments relies upon accurate measures of PA. Developing accurate and reliable measures has been an objective of the ALR program, as well as of behavioral researchers more generally. Generally, objectives measures are preferred ...