Global participation in sport and leisure-time physical activities: A systematic review and meta-analysis

RM Hulteen, JJ Smith, PJ Morgan, LM Barnett… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review aimed to determine the most popular physical activities performed by children,
adolescents, and adults globally. Statistic bureau websites and article databases Scopus …

Health geography III: Old ideas, new ideas or new determinisms?

M Rosenberg - Progress in Human Geography, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This report is organized around a set of topics that have dominated much of the recent
literature in health geography: the importance of neighbourhoods, green spaces/blue …

Reliability between online raters with varying familiarities of a region: Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (MAPS)

W Zhu, Y Sun, J Kurka, C Geremia… - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background To test inter-rater reliability of the online Microscale Audit of Pedestrian
Streetscapes (MAPS) tool between raters with varying familiarities of Phoenix, Arizona …

[HTML][HTML] Parents' perceived barriers to accessing sports and recreation facilities in Ontario, Canada: Exploring the relationships between income, neighbourhood …

DW Harrington, JW Jarvis, H Manson - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Sports and recreation facilities provide places where children can be physically active.
Previous research has shown that availability is often worse in lower-socioeconomic status …

Impact of walkability with regard to physical activity in the prevention of diabetes

C Mena, C Sepúlveda, Y Ormazábal… - Geospatial …, 2017 - geospatialhealth.net
Walkability, a component of urban design intended to facilitate pedestrian traffic, depends on
parameters associated with the connectivity of routes, population density and availability of …

Parental perceptions on childrens out-of-school physical activity and family-based physical activity

RJ Noonan, LM Boddy, SJ Fairclough… - Early Child …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored parents' physical activity (PA) knowledge and perceptions of children's
out-of-school PA to formatively contribute to a family-based intervention design. Eleven …

[HTML][HTML] SNAP participation and diet-sensitive cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents

CW Leung, JM Tester, EB Rimm, WC Willett - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Previous research suggests participation in the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) is associated with poorer adult cardiometabolic health; the …

Associations between objective and self-report measures of traffic and crime safety in Latino parents of preschool children

EG Soltero, E Cerin, RE Lee, TM O'Connor - Journal of immigrant and …, 2017 - Springer
Differences in subjective and objective safety may be explained by moderators that shape
parental perceptions of the environment. This study examined associations between …

Child development and the community environment: Understanding overweight across the income gradient

BR Schuler, N O'Reilly - Childhood Obesity, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of long-term health
consequences. Despite the wealth of research, prevalence rates are still high, particularly …

Residential environment for outdoor play among children in Latino farmworker families

TA Arcury, CK Suerken, EH Ip, JB Moore… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2017 - Springer
Child health and development benefit from physical activity. This analysis describes the
residential play environment for children aged 2–4 years in farmworker families, their parent …