School design and physical activity among middle school girls
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Building design and grounds might contribute to physical activity, and youth spend much of their daylight hours at school. We examined the associations among school building footprints, the size of school grounds, and in-school physical activity of 1566 sixth-grade girls from medium to large middle schools enrolled in the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG). The school building footprint and the number of active outdoor amenities were associated with physical activity among adolescent girls. On average, the school footprint size accounted for 4% of all light physical activity and 16% of all MET-weight moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MW-MVPA) during school hours. Active outdoor amenities accounted for 29% of all MW-MVPA during school. School design appears to be associated with physical activity, but it is likely that programming (eg, physical education, intramurals, club sports), social factors, and school siting are more important determinants of total physical activity.
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In the physical environment group, those rated as high quality all adopted objective measures of physical activity and utilized objective exposure measures where possible.
“However, in this group, those rated as high quality all adopted objective measures of physical activity 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and utilized objective exposure measures where possible 33, 34 (e.g. geographic information system (GIS) techniques to map campus characteristics).”
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- Authors
- Cohen, D., Scott, M., Wang, F. Z., McKenzie, T. L., & Porter, D.
- Affiliations
- RAND Corporation (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 719-731
- ISSN
- 1543-3080 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-5474
- PMC
- PMC3689591
- OpenAlex
- W2104968077
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Physical Activity and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5u01hl066845-06)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U01HL066856, U01HL066858, U01HL66858, U01HL066853, U01 HL-066845, U01HL066852, U01HL066855, U01HL-66853, U01HL-66845, # R01HL71244, U01HL-66856, U01HL66852, U01HL-66857, U01HL66855, R01HL071244, U01HL066857)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Keywords
- school design, physical activity, middle school girls, school facilities, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, light physical activity, adolescent girls, built environment, school siting
- MeSH terms
- Child, Environment Design, Facility Design and Construction, Female, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, United States, Exercise
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