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ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2015

Environmental influences on children's physical activity.

Theodora Pouliou, Francesco Sera, Lucy Griffiths, Heather Joshi, Marco Geraci, Mario Cortina-Borja, Catherine Law

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Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Theodora PouliouSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Francesco SeraUCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Lucy GriffithsUCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Heather JoshiDepartment of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of Education University of London, London, UK.
Marco GeraciUCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Mario Cortina-BorjaUCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Catherine LawUCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
University College London · GBUniversity of Bristol · GBUniversity of London · GBUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400546Medical Research Council G1001158Medical Research Council MR/K023233/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis paper aims to assess whether 7-year-olds' physical activity is associated with family and area-level measures of the physical and socioeconomic environments.

methodsWe analysed the association of environments with physical activity in 6497 singleton children from the UK Millennium Cohort Study with reliable accelerometer data (≥2 days and ≥10 h/day). Activity levels were assessed as counts per minute; minutes of moderate to vigorous activity (MVPA); and whether meeting recommended guidelines (≥60 min/day MVPA).

resultsHigher levels of children's physical activity were associated with households without use of a car and with having a television in a child's bedroom (for counts per minute only). Aspects of the home socioeconomic environment that were associated with more children's physical activity were lone motherhood, lower maternal socioeconomic position and education, family income below 60% national median, and not owning the home. Children's activity levels were higher when parents perceived their neighbourhood as poor for bringing up children and also when families were living in the most deprived areas. Relationships were independent of characteristics such as child's body mass index and ethnic group. When adjusted for physical and socioeconomic correlates, the factors remaining significant in all outcomes were: household car usage and maternal education.

conclusionsAlthough physical and socioeconomic environments are associated with children's physical activity, much of the variation appears to be determined by the child's home socioeconomic circumstances rather than the wider environment where they live.

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Environment DesignFamily CharacteristicsMotor ActivitySocial ClassSocial EnvironmentActigraphyChildCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleResidence CharacteristicsUnited KingdomCHILD HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHPHYSICAL ACTIVITYSOCIAL INEQUALITIESSOCIO-ECONOMIC

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PMID25359920
PMCPMC4283619
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