ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Undeveloped green space and free-time physical activity in 11 to 13-year-old children.
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- What Is the Relationship between Outdoor Time and Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Physical Fitness in Children? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Pooled it
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- A Scoping Review of the Health Benefits of Nature-Based Physical Activity.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2021Article
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- To Create a Safe and Healthy Place for Children: The Associations of Green Open Space Characteristics With Children's Use.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Virtual Reality Representations of Nature to Improve Well-Being amongst Older Adults: a Rapid Review.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2021Review
- Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch on the association between the physical environment and physical activity in children has focused on built and developed features or total green space. The impact of natural, undeveloped green spaces is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine whether the presence of undeveloped green spaces in the home neighborhood are associated with physical activity in 11 to 13-year-olds.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study of grade 6 to 8 urban residing Canadian students who participated in the 2009/10 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey. Children self-reported the frequency they participated in physical activity in their free-time outside of school hours. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were used to assess the proportion of land area within 1 km of participants' homes that was devoted to publicly accessible meadows (i.e., field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants) and treed areas (i.e., field vegetated primarily by trees and shrubs). Ordinal logistic regression models were used to examine the relationships between the undeveloped green space areas and free-time physical activity. Several intrapersonal, family, and neighborhood environment factors were controlled for in these regression models.
resultsThe proportion of neighborhood land covered by meadows was not associated with the physical activity outcome (p > 0.6). However, the proportion of neighborhood land covered by treed areas was independently associated with the physical activity outcome (p = 0.02). For each additional 5% increase in the proportion of neighborhood land covered by treed areas there was a corresponding 5% increase (95% confidence interval: 1-10% increase) in the relative odds of increasing free-time physical activity outside of school hours.
conclusionsThe physical activity levels of 11 to 13-year-old children was associated with the amount of space in their home neighborhood devoted to treed areas.
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