Background: Access to local parks can affect walking levels. Neighborhood environment
and park use may influence relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic status …

Residents of areas with lower socioeconomic status (SES) are known to be less physically
active during leisure time. Neighborhood walkability has been shown to be related to …

Background: Built environments are associated with physical activity (PA), but most studies
to date have employed acontextual PA outcome measures. The purposes of this study were …

Objectives. We examined associations of attractiveness, size, and proximity of multiple
neighborhood open spaces (NOSs) with recreational walking. Methods. Adults participating …

Background: There is limited longitudinal evidence confirming the role of neighborhood
environment attributes in encouraging people to walk more or if active people simply choose …

Background. Spatial access to recreational facilities and perceptions of the neighborhood
environment and physical activity levels were examined by the socioeconomic status of area …

Background Self-reported and objectively-determined neighborhood built characteristics are
associated with physical activity, yet little is known about their combined influence on …

Background Preliminary evidence suggests that recreational walking has different
environmental determinants than utilitarian walking. However, previous studies are limited in …

Previous studies have reported mixed findings on the relationship between park proximity
and recreational physical activity (PA), which could be explained by park quality and the …

Purpose This study aimed to examine whether objective built (eg, residential density) and
perceived (eg, aesthetics) environment factors around adults' residence are correlates of …