ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2017
Relationship between Recreational Resources in the School Neighborhood and Changes in Fitness in New York City Public School Students.
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- Association between Urban Greenspace and Health: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Determining Factors in the Use of Urban Parks That Influence the Practice of Physical Activity in Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Data Missingness and Equity Implications in the Nation's Largest Student Fitness Surveillance System: The New York City School Based Physical Fitness Testing Programs, 2006-2020.The Journal of school health · 2025Observational
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- The effects of green space and physical activity on muscle strength: a national cross-sectional survey with 128,759 Chinese adults.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Latino Children's Obesity Risk Varies by Place of Birth: Findings from New York City Public School Youth, 2006-2017.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2022Observational
- Context, importance, and process for creating a body mass index surveillance system to monitor childhood obesity within the New York City public school setting.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
- Longitudinal Effects of Transportation Vulnerability on the Association Between Racial/Ethnic Segregation and Youth Cardiovascular Health.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- The impact of change in neighborhood poverty on BMI trajectory of 37,544 New York City youth: a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Noncommunicable Diseases, Park Prescriptions, and Urban Green Space Use Patterns in a Global South Context: The Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Physical fitness in children has many beneficial effects, including the maintenance of a healthy weight. The built environment may influence youths' physical fitness by encouraging physical activity. This paper assessed whether higher density of parks, playgrounds, and sports facilities around a school is related to improvements in fitness in middle school boys and girls. Fitness scores and other student covariates collected as part of NYC FITNESSGRAM between the 2006-2007 and 2010-2011 school years were linked with school neighborhood data on characteristics of the built environment for NYC public school students in grades 6-8. Data were analyzed in 2015. Medium, but not high, density of recreational resources in the area surrounding a school was associated with greater annual improvements in fitness for both boys and girls. This association appeared to be driven mainly by the presence of parks. Findings for sports facilities and playgrounds were inconsistent. Overall, few associations were observed between recreational resources near a school and changes in student fitness. Future studies of school influences on student fitness should consider the influence of school resources and the home neighborhood.
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