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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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“[24] found few potential determinants for PA at the school level, but school 30 127 204 52 4350 Male 18 26 155* 198 65 2158 Female 15 SD HR Mean HR Max HR Min HR Count Gender N”
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The Role of School Physical Activity Programs in Child Body Mass Trajectory
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“The home environment seems to be more relevant than the neighborhood environment in influencing children's PA (Crawford et al., 2010; Ferreira et al., 2007).”
BackgroundSelf-citationWhat do adolescents want in order to become more active?
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“There is extensive cross-sectional evidence examining factors associated with physical activity among adolescents [7-9] and an increasing amount using longitudinal data [10].”
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“While results of previous studies emphasize the importance of social support and physical environmental factors for increasing PA among adolescents, there is a lack of longitudinal and European studies, respectively [21,28].”
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“This lack of physical activity can have adverse effects on the overall well-being of the body (Ferreira et al., 2007; Trost, Owen, Bauman, Sallis, & Brown, 2002) and can speed up the aging process (Angulo, El Assar, Álvarez-Bustos, & Rodríguez-Mañas, 2020).”
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“The differences between studies may reflect differences in the methods used to measure SES and physical activity and the subgroup studied [24-26].”
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“Our finding that time spent outdoors was positively associated with children’s levels of PA is supported by previous systematic reviews on positive associations between time outdoors with PA [37] and negative associations with ST [38].”
ResultDaily physical activity and sports participation among children from ethnic minorities in Denmark
Nielsen, G., Hermansen, B. E.-N., Bugge, A., Dencker, M., & Andersen, L. B. (2011) · European Journal of Sport Science · doi:10.1080/17461391.2011.635697 · Cited by 50
“A large proportion of children’s daily physical activities take place in school and daycare institutions, and these activities have shown to be dependent on the available social and material structures (Davison & Lawson, 2006; Ferreira et al., 2007; Hannon & Brown, 2008; Nielsen, Taylor, Williams, & Mann, 2010; Taylor…”
BackgroundNeighborhood and Parental Supports for Physical Activity in Minority Adolescents
Wilson, D. K., Lawman, H. G., Segal, M., & Chappell, S. (2011) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.06.037 · Cited by 55
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“The selection of exposure variables was informed by previous cross-sectional results from the SPEEDY study, systematic reviews of correlates of physical activity and a systematic review of predictors of change in physical activity [12,27-29].”
MethodTest- retest reliability of IPAQ environmental- module in an African population
Oyeyemi, A. L., Adegoke, B. O. A., Oyeyemi, A. Y., & Fatudimu, B. M. (2008) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-38 · Cited by 50
Butte, N. F., Gregorich, S. E., Tschann, J. M., Penilla, C., Pasch, L. A., de Groat, C. L., Flores, E., Deardorff, J., Greenspan, L. C., & Martinez, S. M. (2014) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-014-0108-x · Cited by 57
“Our results are consistent with a systematic review of 150 studies addressing environmental correlates of physical activity [42].”
ResultIn Search of Consistent Predictors of Children’s Physical Activity
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“In all, the literature is inconsistent on the relationship between neighbourhood safety and children’s physical activity, regardless of whether safety is represented as parents’ perceptions or actual statistics such as crime rates and traffic density [47,48].”
BackgroundFamily Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods
Saksono, H., Castaneda‐Sceppa, C., Hoffman, J. A., El‐Nasr, M. S., Morris, V., & Parker, A. G. (2018) · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3173574.3173883 · Cited by 50
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“Identifying correlates of PA parenting practices that fit within the Social Ecological framework [27,28] can help detect targets for future interventions and policy changes to promote greater use of parenting practices that encourage PA and to decrease the use of those that discourage PA.”
BackgroundThe Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents
Mitáš, J., Sas-Nowosielski, K., Groffik, D., & Frömel, K. (2018) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph15010126 · Cited by 49
“Previous studies of PA determinants in adolescents have reported that there was some evidence for a correlation between parents’ perceptions of safety and their children’s PA levels [40]; however, the majority of studies have reported non-significant effects [41,42].”
BackgroundCorrelates of physical activity and screen-based behaviors in Chinese children
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“First, diet- and activity-related parenting practices were reported by the primary caregiver (mostly the mother), while research shows that, for example, for child PA paternal and not maternal role modelling is the main determinant [20].”
BackgroundSelf-citationMaturity‐related differences in physical activity among 10‐ to 12‐year‐old girls
Drenowatz, C. J., Eisenmann, J. C., Pfeiffer, K. A., Wickel, E. E., Gentile, D. A., & Walsh, D. (2009) · American Journal of Human Biology · doi:10.1002/ajhb.20905 · Cited by 48
“A strong line of support of this aspect is the fact that physical activity declines at the time of biological maturation across all animal species (Ingram, 2000; Rowland, 1998).”
BackgroundFactors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers
Hecke, L. V., Verhoeven, H., Clarys, P., Dyck, D. V., de Weghe, N. V., Baert, T., Deforche, B. I., & Cauwenberg, J. V. (2018) · International Journal of Health Geographics · doi:10.1186/s12942-018-0123-2 · Cited by 48
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“Children also have limited autonomy for their own travel (Ferreira et al., 2007).”
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“Similar constructs have been extensively examined among Caucasian youth in literature [4,6,16,17,36-41].”
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“Time spent outdoors also correlate positively with PA levels in children [31], and outdoor facilities and equipment seem to be associated with adolescents’ break time activity at school [32].”
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“6 Environmental and policy approaches are designed to provide environmental opportunities, support and cues for the promotion of PA. 11 Population-based strategies are complements to individual-based efforts and also have the potential for broad and sustained impact.”
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“Home equipment was consistently associated with physical activity in the current study and in previous research, with generally similar effect sizes (14,15,23,44).”
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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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