ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Greenspace, physical activity, and BMI in children from two cities in northern Mexico.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association of greenspaces exposure with cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in Latinx children birth to 6 years globally: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Relationship Between the Physical Environment and Physical Activity Levels in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2021Pooled it
- Residential greenness and depressive symptoms in the Mexican adult population: A cross-sectional study.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Sports and Exercise by Gender and Odds Ratios of Obesity in Children.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cumulative residential greenness and childhood body mass index.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and prospective change in sedentary behaviour and physical activity in individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes in the UK.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Low prevalence of ideal levels in cardiovascular behavior metrics among Mexican adolescents.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Incorporating interactions into structured life course modelling approaches: A simulation study and applied example of the role of access to green space and socioeconomic position on cardiometabolic health.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- What is the impact of nature on human health? A scoping review of the literature.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Green Space Exposure and Obesity in the Mexican Adult Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Greenspace and mortality in the U.K. Biobank: Longitudinal cohort analysis of socio-economic, environmental, and biomarker pathways.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Association between built environments and weight status: evidence from longitudinal data of 9589 Australian children.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Factors associated with changes in movement behaviors in toddlers and preschoolers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national cross-sectional study in Mexico.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Home and Neighborhood Physical Activity Location Availability among African American Adolescent Girls Living in Low-Income, Urban Communities: Associations with Objectively Measured Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Are school-based measures of walkability and greenness associated with modes of commuting to school? Findings from a student survey in Ontario, Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- Effect of an Additional 30 Minutes Spent Outdoors during Summer on Daily Steps and Individually Experienced Heat Index.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Do Spatial Boundaries Matter for Exploring the Impact of Community Green Spaces on Health?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Numerous previous studies have reported positive associations between exposure to greenspace and children's physical activity, but in high-income countries only. Prior studies have also examined greenspace and obesity in children, but these have yielded inconsistent results and focused mostly on older children. The purpose of this study was to assess associations between time children spent in greenspace as the primary exposure and our outcomes of interest, including 1) minutes of physical activity, and 2) body mass index (BMI) z-score. Our sample was 102 children ages 3 to 5 years living in Ensenada and Tijuana, Mexico. We fit linear mixed models to estimate associations between greenspace and children's physical activity and BMI z-score. After adjustment for potential confounders, greater time in greenspace was associated with decreased sedentary time (-0.08 min per hour for each additional 30 min in greenspace; 95% CI -0.13, -0.04;
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