Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in physical activity

H Saffer, D Dave, M Grossman… - Journal of human …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
… This study examines racial, ethnic and gender (REG) differentials in physical activity (PA), a
disparities in health inputs, such as physical activity, can shed light on persistent disparities

Gender disparities in park use and physical activity among residents of high-poverty neighborhoods in Los Angeles

KP Derose, B Han, S Williamson, DA Cohen - Women's Health Issues, 2018 - Elsevier
… In this population-based sample of households in high-poverty neighborhoods within 1 mile
of a Los Angeles park, we found consistent gender disparities in terms of park use and PA. …

Gender disparity in structured physical activity and overall activity level in adolescence: evaluation of youth risk behavior surveillance data

CM Lenhart, A Hanlon, Y Kang, BP Daly… - International …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… Adolescent girls are less likely to meet physical activity recommendations than … physical
activity opportunities including physical education (PE) class and sports teams to overall activity

Gender differences in physical activity in older children and adolescents: the central role of organized sport

R Vilhjalmsson, G Kristjansdottir - Social science & medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
… We believe that in order to engage more children and youth in physical activities and reduce
apparent gender disparities, the organization of national and community sport programs …

Adolescents' physical activity: cross-national comparisons of levels, distributions and disparities across 52 countries

D Bann, S Scholes, M Fluharty, N Shure - … Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019 - Springer
… Cultural factors may also partly explain the (pro-male) gender disparities in physical activity
outside school that we observed, which were largest for VPA. However, it is unclear which …

Gender disparity in the associations of overweight/obesity with occupational activity, transport to/from work, leisure-time physical activity, and leisure-time spent sitting …

CX Xu, HH Zhu, L Fang, RY Hu, H Wang… - Journal of …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… To further assess whether the effect was different between men and women, we analyzed
the interaction of gender with physical activity and leisure-time sitting on overweight/obesity. …

[PDF][PDF] Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003–2006

SL Gortmaker, R Lee, AL Cradock… - Medicine & Science …, 2012 - hsph.harvard.edu
gender and age disparities in youth physical activity such that … for racial/ ethnic disparities
in physical activity, but results … an overall decline in physical activities, including active trans…

[PDF][PDF] Age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity in youth

SG Trost, RR Pate, JF Sallis, PS Freedson… - Medicine & science in …, 2002 - sc.edu
… Identifying group disparities in health enhancing behaviors such as physical … ipation in
moderate physical activity and that the majority of the gender gap in overall physical activity was …

[HTML][HTML] Global gender disparities in obesity: a review

R Kanter, B Caballero - Advances in nutrition, 2012 - Elsevier
… this article focused on gender disparities in physical activity and alcohol consumption… gender
disparities in dietary intake or related sociocultural factors, as reasons for gender disparities

Disparities in physical activity and sedentary behaviors among US children and adolescents: prevalence, correlates, and intervention implications

MC Whitt-Glover, WC Taylor, MF Floyd… - Journal of public health …, 2009 - Springer
… youth, but disparities exist. This paper describes disparities in physical activity participation
and … disparities in physical activity among youth are by gender and age. Regardless of where …