Nature and children's health: a systematic review

AL Fyfe-Johnson, MF Hazlehurst, SP Perrins… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
RESULTS The strongest evidence for type of nature exposure was residential green space
studies (n= 147, 50%). The strongest evidence for the beneficial health effects of nature was …

Role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular disease

JF Sallis, MF Floyd, DA Rodríguez, BE Saelens - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
In industrialized nations like the United States and Sweden, the vast majority of adults do not
meet the physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes per week. 1 Inactive lifestyles put most …

Recreational visits to urban parks and factors affecting park visits: Evidence from geotagged social media data

S Zhang, W Zhou - Landscape and urban planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantifying park use and understanding its driving factors is crucially important for
increasing park use and thus human well-being. Previous studies have investigated the …

Non-linear associations between built environment and active travel for working and shopping: An extreme gradient boosting approach

J Liu, B Wang, L Xiao - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Active travel has environmental, social, and public health-related benefits. Researchers from
diverse domains have extensively studied built-environment associations with active travel …

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 …

Outdoor time, screen time, and connection to nature: troubling trends among rural youth?

LR Larson, R Szczytko, EP Bowers… - Environment and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Evidence suggests that contemporary children are spending less time outdoors than their
predecessors. Concurrent reports also highlight the rise of electronic media use in the lives …

Childhood obesity and proximity to urban parks and recreational resources: a longitudinal cohort study

J Wolch, M Jerrett, K Reynolds, R McConnell, R Chang… - Health & place, 2011 - Elsevier
The objective of the research was to assess how proximity to parks and recreational
resources affects the development of childhood obesity through a longitudinal study. Data …

[HTML][HTML] Home environment relationships with children's physical activity, sedentary time, and screen time by socioeconomic status

PS Tandon, C Zhou, JF Sallis, KL Cain… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Children in households of lower socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to
be overweight/obese. We aimed to determine if home physical activity (PA) environments …

Parks and physical activity: why are some parks used more than others?

DA Cohen, T Marsh, S Williamson, KP Derose… - Preventive …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess how park characteristics and demographic factors are associated
with park use. METHODS: We studied a diverse sample of parks in a Southern California …

Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): reliability and relationship with physical activity

D Rosenberg, D Ding, JF Sallis, J Kerr, GJ Norman… - Preventive …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine the psychometric properties of the Neighborhood Environment
Walkability Scale-Youth (NEWS-Y) and explore its associations with context-specific and …