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ReviewCurrent obesity reports2015

Built Environments and Active Living in Rural and Remote Areas: a Review of the Literature.

Anush Yousefian Hansen, M Renée Umstattd Meyer, Jennifer D Lenardson, David Hartley

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Review in Current obesity reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Built and natural environment correlates of physical activity of adults living in rural areas: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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  10. Intervention Strategies to Elicit MVPA in Preschoolers during Outdoor Play.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. Shaping healthier futures: community-level impact of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anush Yousefian HansenMaine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine, 404G Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04104, USA. ayousefian@usm.maine.edu.
M Renée Umstattd MeyerDepartment of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97313, Waco, TX, 76798, USA. Renee_Umstattd@Baylor.edu.
Jennifer D LenardsonMaine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine, 432B Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04104, USA. jlenardson@usm.maine.edu.
David HartleyMaine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine, 418 Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04104, USA. davidh@usm.maine.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rural children and adults are more likely to have obesity than their urban counterparts even after adjustment for individual-level behaviors, suggesting that rural environments may promote obesity. The rural built environment may be an important area of research that can help us understand rural-urban disparities in obesity. The purpose of this review is to summarize the rural built environment and active living literature, and to address key issues, gaps, and observations in the field. A literature review was conducted in spring 2015 to identify research published from 2000 to 2015. Our review suggests that limited active living built environments in rural communities and unique rural barriers to physical activity may contribute to a higher prevalence of obesity compared to urban populations. More empirical research is needed to build the evidence-base for the association between rural built environments, active living, and obesity. School- and community-based policies that expand active living opportunities in rural areas should also be closely examined.

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Environment DesignHealth PromotionResidence CharacteristicsRural PopulationAdolescentChildHumansPediatric ObesityPrevalenceSocial EnvironmentExerciseObesityOverweightPhysical activitySynthesisTransportation

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PMID26364307

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