Association of park size, distance, and features with physical activity in neighborhood parks

AT Kaczynski, LR Potwarka… - American journal of …, 2008 - ajph.aphapublications.org
parks to the physical activity that occurred in specific parks. Overall, we sought to determine
the degree to which park size, number of features in the park, and proximity of the park from …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between the physical environment and park-based physical activity: a systematic review

R Zhang, H Wulff, Y Duan, P Wagner - Journal of sport and health science, 2019 - Elsevier
… The present review found that park size had no relationship with park-based PA among
children or teenagers, and the association was mixed for adult and senior samples. These …

Association of parkland proximity with neighborhood and park-based physical activity: variations by gender and age

AT Kaczynski, LR Potwarka, BJA Smale… - Leisure …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… the number and total size of neighborhood parks within 1 … size of parks, however, our data
showed that distance to the closest park was not related to greater amounts of physical activity

Access to parks and physical activity: An eight country comparison

J Schipperijn, E Cerin, MA Adams, R Reis… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
parks within 1 km travel distance of homes as an objective indicator for park access in relation
to physical activity… , both for parks of any size, and for parks in the different size categories. …

The relationship between built park environments and physical activity in four park locations

KA Shores, ST West - Journal of public health management and …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… by linking park visitors' physical activity to … parks vary in style, size, and amenities, parks
were labeled by the researchers to allow readers to quickly reference the size and style of park

The role of park conditions and features on park visitation and physical activity

AL Rung, AJ Mowen… - … of Physical Activity …, 2011 - journals.humankinetics.com
Size of activity area, measured through GIS, gender of park users and day of week
corresponding to the scan are also included in this analysis. More detailed information on the …

Association of proximity and density of parks and objectively measured physical activity in the United States: A systematic review

C Bancroft, S Joshi, A Rundle, M Hutson… - Social science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
… not include park size or measures of park disorder. Park size (in particular, larger parks which
physical activity and BMI than park proximity (Giles-Corti et al., 2005, Rundle et al., 2013). …

Rural and urban park visits and park-based physical activity

KA Shores, ST West - Preventive medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
… the use of rural parks for physical activity and compare their use and activity to similar urban
parks. … participation level and size of the park or the number of amenities in the parks. This …

Are park proximity and park features related to park use and park-based physical activity among adults? Variations by multiple socio-demographic characteristics

AT Kaczynski, GM Besenyi, SAW Stanis… - … and Physical Activity, 2014 - Springer
… [23] reported that park features were more important than factors such as size and distance
in determining use by residents for PA. Likewise, Sugiyama et al. [26] found that the presence …

Contribution of public parks to physical activity

DA Cohen, TL McKenzie, A Sehgal… - … journal of public …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… in the areas in addition to those studied, the ratio of total park size to people within 1 mile of
the 8 parks was 0.65 acres per 1000 people. An average of 159125 people lived within the 2-…