Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether adolescents living in a high-walkable town centre are more physically active than those living in a less-walkable suburb. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Izegem (Belgium). Data collection took place in spring 2007. One high-walkable urban neighbourhood and one less-walkable suburban neighbourhood were selected, based on objective connectivity and residential density. One hundred twenty adolescents (12-18 years, 60 per neighbourhood) completed the Neighbourhood Environmental Walkability Scale (NEWS), the Neighbourhood Physical Activity Ques... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | misc |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26528731 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/526990 |