Observed environmental features and the physical activity of adolescent males

R Jago, T Baranowski, I Zakeri, M Harris - American journal of preventive …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It has recently been reported that adult physical activity was associated
with environmental features. The aim of this study was to determine whether environmental …

Observed, GIS, and self-reported environmental features and adolescent physical activity

R Jago, T Baranowski… - American Journal of …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose. Examine associations among observed, self-reported, and Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) environmental features and physical activity among adolescent …

Neighborhood environment and physical activity among youth: a review

D Ding, JF Sallis, J Kerr, S Lee… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Research examining the association between environmental attributes and
physical activity among youth is growing. An updated review of literature is needed to …

Relationships between GIS environmental features and adolescent male physical activity: GIS coding differences

R Jago, T Baranowski, M Harris - Journal of Physical …, 2006 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: It is not clear if relationships between GIS obtained environmental features and
physical activity differ according to the method used to code GIS data. Methods: Physical …

Perceived and objective environmental measures and physical activity among urban adults

CM Hoehner, LKB Ramirez, MB Elliott… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Enhancing community environments to support walking and bicycling
serves as a promising approach to increase population levels of physical activity. However …

Perceived neighborhood environments and physical activity in adolescents

J Mota, M Almeida, P Santos, JC Ribeiro - Preventive medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND.: There is a reason to believe that physical environments variables play an
especially important role in the level of physical activity. Few studies have examined the …

Examination of perceived neighborhood characteristics and transportation on changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior: The Trial of Activity in Adolescent …

KR Evenson, DM Murray, AS Birnbaum, DA Cohen - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
We examined the association between perceived neighborhood characteristics and
transport and 2-year changes in accelerometer-determined nonschool MET-weighted …

Developing a reliable audit instrument to measure the physical environment for physical activity

TJ Pikora, FCL Bull, K Jamrozik, M Knuiman… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: The physical environment plays an important role in influencing participation in
physical activity, although which factors of the physical environment have the greatest effect …

Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity: a review

N Humpel, N Owen, E Leslie - American journal of preventive medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: Promoting physical activity is a public health priority, and changes in the
environmental contexts of adults' activity choices are believed to be crucial. However, of the …

Perceived environment attributes, residential location, and walking for particular purposes

N Humpel, N Owen, D Iverson, E Leslie… - American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Identifying environmental factors that can influence physical activity is a
public health priority. We examined associations of perceived environmental attributes with …