ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
An assessment of the relevance of the home neighbourhood for understanding environmental influences on physical activity: how far from home do people roam?
Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Promotion of physical activity interventions for community dwelling older adults: A systematic review of reviews.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
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- Associations between walking limitations and reported activity destinations among older adults.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Walking Behaviour of Individuals with Intermittent Claudication Compared to Matched Controls in Different Locations: An Exploratory Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional associations between neighbourhood walkability and objective physical activity levels in identical twins.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The significant places of African American adults and their perceived influence on cardiovascular disease risk behaviors.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The Effect of Social Cohesion on Interest, Usefulness, and Ease of Use of a Driving Assistance System in Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Measurement of neighborhood-based physical activity bouts.Health & place · 2021Article
- Neighbourhood and path-based greenspace in three European countries: associations with objective physical activity.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Adults' leisure-time physical activity and the neighborhood built environment: a contextual perspective.International journal of health geographics · 2020Article
- Residential vs school neighborhoods: Associations with physical activity among adolescents.Health & place · 2020Article
- Association of the built environments and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Daily Walking among Commuters: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Residential, Work, and Regional Accessibility in Melbourne, Australia (2012-2014).Environmental health perspectives · 2019Article
- Reconciling opposing perceptions of access to physical activity in a gentrifying urban neighborhood.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Evidence synthesis - Where are children and adults physically active and sedentary? - a rapid review of location-based studies.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe choice of geographical unit of analysis in studies of the built environment and physical activity has typically been restricted to the home neighbourhood where only a small proportion of physical activity may actually be undertaken. This study aimed to examine the distance from home at which physical activity takes place and how this varies by personal and neighbourhood characteristics.
methodsA cross-sectional, population based study of 195 people in the North West region of England, aged 18 to 91 years, clustered in 60 localities (small geographical areas of ~125 households). Individual socio-demographic data were collected by computer-aided personal interviews and physical activity was characterised by accelerometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The locations of periods of light, moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity (LMVPA) undertaken outdoors were linked to measures of the neighbourhood around the home and distance from home.
resultsSixty per cent of outdoors LMVPA took place outside of the proximal home neighbourhood (800 m buffer). Distances from home where median levels of LMVPA were undertaken varied by gender (p < 0.05), home location, area deprivation, and car ownership (all p < 0.001).
conclusionsObjectively measured physical activity appears to vary appreciably by participant characteristics and home location, although for many settings a large proportion is undertaken outside of the home neighbourhood, suggesting the characterisation of neighbourhoods close to home will fail to properly capture the environmental influences on physical activity.
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