ArticlePreventive medicine reports2014
Relationship between the objectively-assessed neighborhood area and activity behavior in Swiss youth.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Socioeconomic position, built environment and physical activity among children and adolescents: a systematic review of mediating and moderating effects.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Examining Daily Associations of Nature Exposure, Body Appreciation, and Physical Activity Among Adolescents.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2026Article
- Neighborhood Social and Physical Environments and Sedentary Behaviors: Importance of Early Childhood in Shaping Health Behaviors.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Does growing up in a physical activity-friendly neighborhood increase the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood?BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of objectively measured and perceived environment with accelerometer-based physical activity and cycling: a Swiss population-based cross-sectional study of children.International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs: parental modelling matters and is context-specific.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents: Disentangling Associations with the Perceived and Objectively Measured Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Comparing objective measures of the built environment in their associations with youth physical activity and sedentary behavior across heterogeneous geographies.Health & place · 2018Article
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- Spatial physical activity patterns among primary school children living in neighbourhoods of varying socioeconomic status: a cross-sectional study using accelerometry and Global Positioning System.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment.International journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeighborhood attributes are modifiable determinants of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). We tested whether the objectively-assessed built and social environment was associated with PA and SB in Swiss youth and whether sex, age and the socioeconomic position (Swiss-SEP) modified such associations.
methodsWe combined data of 1742 youth (ages 4 to 17) from seven studies conducted within Switzerland between 2005-2010. All youth provided accelerometer data and a home address, which was linked to objective environmental data and the Swiss-SEP-index. Associations between neighborhood attributes and PA were analyzed by multivariable multilevel regression analyses.
resultsThe extent of green areas and building density was positively associated with PA in the total sample (p < 0.05). Factors representing centrally located areas, and more schoolchildren living nearby tended to increase PA in secondary schoolchildren, boys and those from lower-ranked socioeconomic areas. In primary schoolchildren, the extent of green areas was positively associated with PA (p = 0.05). Associations between neighborhood attributes and PA were more pronounced in youth from low socioeconomic areas.
conclusionsThe results indicate that some associations between neighborhood attributes and PA differ by age, sex and socioeconomic area. This should be taken into account when planning interventions to increase childhood PA.
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