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Environmental correlates of physical activity in youth – a review and update
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Summary: Obesogenic environments are thought to underlie the increased obesity prevalence observed in youth during the past decades. Understanding the environmental factors that are associated with physical activity (PA) in youth is needed to better inform the development of effective intervention strategies attempting to halt the obesity epidemic. We conducted a systematic semi‐quantitative review of 150 studies on environmental correlates of youth PA published in the past 25 years. The ANalysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity (ANGELO) framework was used to classify the environmental correlates studied. Most studies retrieved used cross‐sectional designs and subjective measures of environmental factors and PA. Variables of the home and school environments were especially associated with children’s PA. Most consistent positive correlates of PA were father’s PA, time spent outdoors and school PA‐related policies (in children), and support from significant others, mother’s education level, family income, and non‐vocational school attendance (in adolescents). Low crime incidence (in adolescents) was characteristic of the neighbourhood environment associated with higher PA. Convincing evidence of an important role for many other environmental factors was, however, not found. Further research should aim at longitudinal and intervention studies, and use more objective measures of PA and its potential (environmental) determinants.
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“In contrast to these findings, a review of studies published through 2004 concluded that availability or accessibility of physical activity equipment, facilities, and programs was unrelated to physical activity levels in youth.344”
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“When different aspects of safety were evaluated, most studies evaluating traffic safety (eg, related to aspects of road or pedestrian crossings) observed positive relationships with children’s physical activity.”
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“In 2 studies using objective measures of neighborhood crime, significant inverse associations with children’s physical activity were seen.”
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“In the great majority of studies, parental perceptions of overall neighborhood safety were positively associated with children’s physical activity.”
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“For self-reported measures of crime or personal danger, findings were often mixed and nonsignificant.”
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Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?
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“During the last decade, ecological models have been used more frequently than the more individually-oriented models to investigate the correlates of children’s physical activity behavior [17-19].”
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“In line with previous reviews((13,14,15,16,22,23)), results presented have focused mainly on the consistency of associations and not”
MethodResultObesogenic environments – aspects on measurement and indicators
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“The physical activity intervention also integrated several components that have been previously shown to be effective [22] and that can be implemented on a large scale: 1) Training and support of the educators [42,47]; 2) Rearrangement of the child care built environment [48]; 3) Encouragement of parental involvement…”
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“Physical environmental factors can include a variety of home, neighborhood and school variables (32).”
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“Yet this may sometimes reflect reduced statistical power for non-specific outcomes like total daily activity (Reilly, 2011), and most reviews conclude that participation in active travel, play or sport does predict greater overall physical activity (Lee et al., 2008; Ferreira et al., 2007; Sallis et al., 2000; Cleland…”
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“Nevertheless, only few studies have investigated specific features of the school environment that impact on youth PA (Ferreira et al., 2007).”
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“Most consistent determinants of physical activity in adolescents were support from significant others, mother's education level, family income and non-vocational school attendance and low neighborhood crime incidence [7].”
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Santos, M. P., Page, A. S., Cooper, A. R., Ribeiro, J. C., & Mota, J. A. P. S. (2008) · Health & Place · doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.08.006 · Cited by 76
“It is important to understand the context specific environmental factors that are associated with physical activity in youth to better inform the development of effective intervention strategies attempting to halt the obesity epidemic (Ferreira et al., 2007).”
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Craig, C. L., Cameron, C. A., Griffiths, J. M., & Tudor-Locke, C. E. (2010) · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e3181d58a92 · Cited by 74
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Klinker, C. D., Schipperijn, J., Toftager, M., Kerr, J., & Troelsen, J. (2014) · Health & Place · doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.11.006 · Cited by 73
“urban green space, sports facilities, recess)? There is some documentation that an association between the built environment and PA is contextspecific (Ferreira et al., 2007; Sallis et al., 2000).”
BackgroundMethodGoodman, A., Paskins, J., & Mackett, R. L. (2012) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.9.8.1105 · Cited by 72
Zhu, D.-Q., Norman, I. J., & While, A. (2011) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00821.x · Cited by 72
“Instead, we undertook a semi-quantitative approach to data synthesis, similar to that adopted by recent reviews of obesity (14,15), to evaluate associations between health professionals’ weight status and their weight management practices.”
MethodBingham, D. D., Varela‐Silva, M. I., Ferrão, M. M., Augusta, G., Mourão, I., Nogueira, H. G. D. S. M., Rosado‐Marques, V., & Padez, C. M. P. (2013) · American Journal of Human Biology · doi:10.1002/ajhb.22440 · Cited by 72
Objectively measured differences in physical activity in five types of schoolyard area
Andersen, H. B., Klinker, C. D., Toftager, M., Pawlowski, C. S., & Schipperijn, J. (2014) · Landscape and Urban Planning · doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.005 · Cited by 84
Urban Form Relationships with Youth Physical Activity
van Loon, J., & Frank, L. D. (2011) · Journal of Planning Literature · doi:10.1177/0885412211400978 · Cited by 72
“A second major limitation of research to date has been previously noted by many authors (e.g., Davison and Lawson 2006; Ferreira et al. 2007; Faulkner et al. 2009): the lack of longitudinal studies.”
BackgroundMoore, T. M., Martin, I. K., Gur, O. M., Jackson, C. T., Scott, J. C., Calkins, M. E., Ruparel, K., Port, A. M., Nivar, I., Krinsky, H., et al. (2015) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291715002111 · Cited by 67
“activity, are negatively associated with crime levels (Ferreira et al. 2007; McGinn et al. 2008; Lovasi et al. 2009).”
BackgroundFacility provision in elementary schools: Correlates with physical education, recess, and obesity
Fernandes, M., & Sturm, R. (2009) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.022 · Cited by 71
Pagels, P., Raustorp, A., de León, A. P., Mårtensson, F., Kylin, M., & Boldemann, C. (2014) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-803 · Cited by 86
“Variables at both individual and school level have been shown to affect children's physical activity behavior [17,18].”
BackgroundTucker, P., van Zandvoort, M. M., Burke, S. M., & Irwin, J. D. (2011) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-168 · Cited by 71
“Specifically, fathers’ physical activity levels appear to be associated with physical activity levels of children despite genders, while mothers’ activity levels appear to be linked with girls’ activity behaviours [34].”
BackgroundAkpınar, A. (2017) · Urban forestry & urban greening · doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.05.006 · Cited by 78
Lytle, L. A., Murray, D. M., Evenson, K. R., Moody, J. S., PRATT, C. A., METCALFE, L. L., & Parra-Medina, D. M. (2009) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s12160-009-9127-2 · Cited by 78
“Others examined policy and environmental factors related to activity and found that school policies supporting physical activity and living in a low crime neighborhood are related to levels of activity [28].”
BackgroundAssociations Between School Recreational Environments and Physical Activity
Nichol, M., Pickett, W., & Janssen, I. (2009) · Journal of School Health · doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00406.x · Cited by 70
“Because young people spend a significant portion of their time at school, schools have the potential to influence physical activity through the provision of facilities and opportunities,(6) recreational support, and instruction from trained educators,(7) but there is a paucity of studies examining the effect of school…”
BackgroundSisson, S. B., Broyles, S. T., Baker, B. L., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2011) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.8.s2.s188 · Cited by 70
Nielsen, G., Grønfeldt, V., Støckel, J. T., & Andersen, L. B. (2011) · Sport in Society · doi:10.1080/03031853.2011.625271 · Cited by 69
Parent-Offspring Correlations in Pedometer-Assessed Physical Activity
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“There has been a long-standing research interest about familial correlates of children and adolescents’ physical activity levels that could justify family based interventions [4,5,6].”
BackgroundResultFamily health climate scale (FHC-scale): development and validation
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“Important mechanisms regarding nutrition and activity behaviour include direct influences such as modelling, monitoring, support, and encouragement [9-18], and indirect influences through parenting styles or parent-child bonding [19-24] and via effects on attitudes, values, self-efficacy-beliefs, self-control abilitie…”
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“This is consistent with previous studies((12,27)).”
BackgroundFamily and Neighborhood Correlates of Overweight and Obesogenic Behaviors Among Chinese Children
Bai, L., Adab, P., & Cheng, K. K. (2013) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s12529-013-9333-y · Cited by 66
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“Schools are a key setting for the promotion of physical activity as they have existing curricula, infrastructure, policies and resources to promote physical activity [11] and are also able to reach those from all backgrounds [12].”
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Environmental characteristics relevant to young people's use of sports facilities: a review
Limstrand, T. (2008) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00742.x · Cited by 65
“Furthermore, other reviews ask for more objectively measured studies (Sallis et al., 2000; Davison & Lawson, 2006; Ferreira et al., 2006).”
BackgroundResultPhysical activity in child and adolescent cancer survivors: a review
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“Interestingly, specific neighbourhood hazards, including heavy traffic, no signalled light crossings, community disorder and pollution, are consistently unrelated to youths’ PA (Ferreira et al., 2006).”
Cain, K. L., Salmon, J., Conway, T. L., Cerin, E., Hinckson, E. A., Mitáš, J., Schipperijn, J., Frank, L. D., Anjana, R. M., Barnett, A. H., et al. (2021) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046636 · Cited by 64
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“, parental role modeling, socioeconomic status) are important determinants [6,7], so too are aspects of the neighbourhood environments in which they live [8,9].”
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“Overall, a systematic review on correlates of children’s and adolescents’ PA stated that SES differences in PA level do not yet show in young children, but emerge only later in childhood [33].”
BackgroundPrince, S. A., Lancione, S., Lang, J. J., Amankwah, N., de Groh, M., Garcia, A. J., Merucci, K., & Geneau, R. (2022) · Health & Place · doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102828 · Cited by 62
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“…and physical contexts that are likely to influence individuals’ choice to be physically active, the relative influences of the contexts in which physical activity behaviors take place have received much attention in recent years (Ferreira et al., 2006; McKenzie, Marshall, Sallis, & Conway, 2000).”
BackgroundWeekday and weekend physical activity patterns of French and Spanish adolescents
Solana, A. A., Bois, J. E., Casterad, J. Z., Lanaspa, E. G., Paillard, T., & Fairclough, S. J. (2013) · European Journal of Sport Science · doi:10.1080/17461391.2013.829127 · Cited by 62
“Furthermore, this hypothesis could be also related to country environmental factors, such as access/availability to PA facilities or PA policy, which may define more active adolescents’ lifestyles (Ferreira et al., 2007).”
BackgroundInfluentialPrins, R., Mohnen, S. M., van Lenthe, F. J., Brug, J., & Oenema, A. (2012) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-90 · Cited by 62
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ferreira, I., Van Der Horst, K., Wendel‐Vos, W., Kremers, S., Van Lenthe, F. J., & Brug, J.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Brug, J.
- Venue
- Obesity Reviews
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-08-22
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 129-154
- ISSN
- 1467-7881 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-789X
- OpenAlex
- W2068241985
- Cited by
- 993
- References
- 243
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Obesity Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Rivm (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Keywords
- physical activity, youth, environmental correlates, childhood obesity, adolescents, family environment, school environment, parental physical activity, neighborhood crime, school physical activity policy, social support, household income
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, Environment, Family Relations, Humans, Motor Activity, Obesity, Socioeconomic Factors, Global Health, Prevalence
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