SynthesisHealth & place2020
A systematic review of existing observational tools to measure the food and physical activity environment in schools.
Synthesis in Health & place, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Measuring Street Built Environments for Children's Use: A Systematic Review of Measurement Tools.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- From Health to Environment: Exploring the Associations Among Health Status, Health-Related Lifestyle, and Campus Environment in Chinese Universities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and Content Validation of The Health Promoting Sports Club Observational Tool.Health promotion perspectives · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of the Bibliometrics and Methodological Research Used on Studies Focused on School Neighborhood Built Environment and the Physical Health of Children and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Schoolyard Level Inventory for Describing the Environment: Linking High-Resolution Spatiotemporal Data to the Physical Environment to Understand Children's Physical Activity Behaviors.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Student perceptions of U.S. based school day physical activity best practices in relation to accelerometer-based sedentary behavior and activity.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Objectively-measured Environmental Support for Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Breastfeeding in the Rural United States: A Scoping Review to Inform Opportunities for Public Health Surveillance.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2025Article
- Development and Interrater Reliability of an Observational School Environment Checklist: A Practical, Comprehensive Tool to Assess Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Opportunities in Schools.Health promotion practice · 2022Observational
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Abstract
Objective measures of schools' wellness-promoting environments are commonly used in obesity prevention studies; however, the extent to which findings from these measures translate to policy and practice is unknown. This systematic review describes the comprehensiveness and usability (practicality, quality, and applicability) of existing objective measures to assess schools' food and physical activity environments. A structured keyword search and standard protocol in electronic databases yielded 30 publications reporting on 23 measures that were deemed eligible to include in this review. Findings provide details to guide researchers and practitioners in selecting the best tool for use in policy and program evaluations.
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