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Association between the perceived environment and physical activity among adults in Latin America: a systematic review.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Built Environment and Health Behaviors: Deconstructing the Black Box of Interactions-A Review of Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Parental Correlates of Outdoor Play in Boys and Girls Aged 0 to 12-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Built Environment, Selected Risk Factors and Major Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Neighborhood Characteristics Related to Changes in Anthropometrics During a Lifestyle Intervention for Persons with Obesity.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Active Transportation in Adults from Eight Latin American Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study.The Lancet. Global health · 2022Review
- From causal loop diagrams to future scenarios: Using the cross-impact balance method to augment understanding of urban health in Latin America.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations.PloS one · 2020Article
- Built and Social Environment by Systematic Social Observation and Leisure-Time Physical Activity Report among Brazilian Adults: a Population-Based Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
- The linkage between the perception of neighbourhood and physical activity in Guangzhou, China: using street view imagery with deep learning techniques.International journal of health geographics · 2019Article
- The perceived neighborhood environment is associated with health-enhancing physical activity among adults: a cross-sectional survey of 13 townships in Taiwan.BMC public health · 2019Article
- The Relationships between Adolescents' Obesity and the Built Environment: Are They City Dependent?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Exploring the emergence and evolution of population patterns of leisure-time physical activity through agent-based modelling.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Nutrition status of children in Latin America.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Review
- Adaptation and Evaluation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale in India (NEWS-India).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
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- Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN adult study.Health & place · 2015Article
- The Relationship of Built Environment to Health-Related Behaviors and Health Outcomes in Elderly Community Residents in a Middle Income Country.Journal of public health research · 2015Article
- Determinants of Perceived Physical Environment Barriers among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Taiwan.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundActivity friendly environments have been identified as promising strategies to increase physical activity levels in the population. Associations between perceived environmental attributes and physical activity in Latin America may vary from those observed in high income countries. The objective of this systematic review is to identify which perceived environmental attributes are associated with physical activity in Latin America.
methodsSystematic literature search of articles published in English, Portuguese, and Spanish in four databases was conducted (PubMed, Virtual Health Library, EBSCO, and Web of Science). Associations with environmental attributes were analyzed separately for physical activity domains. Fifteen articles were included in the analysis.
resultsAll studies had cross-sectional designs. The majority of associations were statistically non-significant, and only four associations were found in the unexpected direction. Leisure-time and transport-related physical activity were the domains most frequently included in the studies and had higher number of associations in the expected direction. Leisure-time physical activity showed a convincing association in the expected direction with safety during the day. Transport-related physical activity had a convincing association with presence of street lighting.
conclusionsThis study shows that perceived environmental attributes and their relationship with physical activity appears to be domain, and context specific. In addition, findings from this study show inconsistencies with the information gathered from high-income countries.
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