ReviewHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2019
Evidence synthesis - Where are children and adults physically active and sedentary? - a rapid review of location-based studies.
Review in Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Locations of Physical Activity: Where Are Children, Adolescents, and Adults Physically Active? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- I simply have to accompany my parents to sell, nothing else!: a multi-method exploration of barriers and facilitators of extracurricular physical activity among Mexican schoolchildren.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Assessing greenspace and cardiovascular health through deep-learning analysis of street-view imagery in a cohort of US children.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Satellite-Based and Street-View Green Space and Adiposity in US Children.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The availability between recreational facilities and physical activity of US adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Identifying multilevel predictors of behavioral outcomes like park use: A comparison of conditional and marginal modeling approaches.PloS one · 2024Article
- Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Development and reliability testing of an audit toolbox for the assessment of the physical activity friendliness of urban and rural environments in Germany.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Scoping review of children's and youth's outdoor play publications in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023Article
- Examining Whether Physical Activity Location Choices Were Associated With Weekly Physical Activity Maintenance Across 13 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Emerging Adults.Journal of physical activity & health · 2022Article
- Changes in Active Behaviours, Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Physical Fitness in Chilean Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Role of Sociodemographic Variables and the Mother's Active Behavior on Active Commuting to School in Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Staying Active under Restrictions: Changes in Type of Physical Exercise during the Initial COVID-19 Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Rural Latino parent and child physical activity patterns: family environment matters.BMC public health · 2021Article
- How can an agent-based model explore the impact of interventions on children's physical activity in an urban environment?Health & place · 2021Article
- Multi-Component Physical Activity Interventions in the UK Must Consider Determinants of Activity to Increase Effectiveness.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Article
- Adolescents' sedentary time, affect, and contextual factors: An ecological momentary assessment study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- The Effect of Season and Neighbourhood-Built Environment on Home Area Sedentary Behaviour in 9-14 Year Old Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Parental-perceived home and neighborhood environmental correlates of accelerometer-measured physical activity among school-going children in Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionGeographical positioning systems (GPS) have the capacity to provide further context around where physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) are accrued especially when overlaid onto objectively measured movement. The objective of this rapid review was to summarize evidence from location-based studies which employed the simultaneous use of GPS and objective measures of PA and/or ST.
methodsSix databases were searched to identify studies that employed the simultaneous use of GPS and objective measures of PA or ST to quantify location of movement. Risk of bias was assessed, and a qualitative synthesis completed.
resultsSearching identified 3446 articles; 59 were included in the review. A total of 22 studies in children, 17 in youth and 20 in adults were captured. The active transportation environment emerged as an important location for moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) in children, youth and adults. In children and youth, the school is an important location for MVPA, especially the schoolyard for children. Indoor locations (e.g., schools, homes) appear to be greater sources of lighter intensities of PA and ST. The review was limited by a lack of standardization in the nomenclature used to describe the locations and methods, as well as measures of variance.
conclusionEvidence suggests that the active transportation environment is a potentially important contributor of MVPA across an individual's lifespan. There is a need for future location-based studies to report on locations of all intensity of movement (including minutes and proportion) using a whole-day approach in larger representative samples.
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