BACKGROUND: This study examined the association between the level of physical activity
(PA) friendliness of the built environment and adolescent PA and body mass index using a …

Purpose: The goal of this research is to examine the extent to which facets of neighborhood
sociodemographic contexts influence individual-level physical activity (PA) among youth …

PURPOSE: To investigate factors of low-income neighborhoods and households on
physical activity with a sample of adolescents from low-income neighborhoods. METHODS …

Purpose. Lack of physical activity is associated with increased risk of overweight and
cardiovascular disease, conditions associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES) …

Background: Neighborhood-level environmental features have been associated with adult
physical activity and weight status, but this link has not been established for adolescents …

The risk of obesity is reduced when youth engage in recommended levels of physical activity
(PA). For that reason, public health organizations in the US have encouraged communities …

Objectives. We investigated the association between physical and social neighborhood
environments and fifth-grade students' physical activity and obesity. Methods. We collected …

OBJECTIVE: To determine if:(1) differences exist for body mass index (BMI) and moderate-to-
vigorous physical activity (MVPA) between rural and urban youth, and (2) perceived and …

Methods Baseline data from the Food, Health and Choices obesity prevention trial were
used to create multilevel linear models of the relationship between fifth-grade students'(n …

Objectives. We considered interactions between physical activity and body mass index (BMI)
and neighborhood factors. Methods. We used recursive partitioning to identify predictors of …