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An assessment of the relevance of the home neighbourhood for understanding environmental influences on physical activity: how far from home do people roam?
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BACKGROUND: The choice of geographical unit of analysis in studies of the built environment and physical activity has typically been restricted to the home neighbourhood where only a small proportion of physical activity may actually be undertaken. This study aimed to examine the distance from home at which physical activity takes place and how this varies by personal and neighbourhood characteristics. METHODS: A cross-sectional, population based study of 195 people in the North West region of England, aged 18 to 91 years, clustered in 60 localities (small geographical areas of ~125 households). Individual socio-demographic data were collected by computer-aided personal interviews and physical activity was characterised by accelerometer and Global Positioning System (GPS) data. The locations of periods of light, moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity (LMVPA) undertaken outdoors were linked to measures of the neighbourhood around the home and distance from home. RESULTS: Sixty per cent of outdoors LMVPA took place outside of the proximal home neighbourhood (800 m buffer). Distances from home where median levels of LMVPA were undertaken varied by gender (p < 0.05), home location, area deprivation, and car ownership (all p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Objectively measured physical activity appears to vary appreciably by participant characteristics and home location, although for many settings a large proportion is undertaken outside of the home neighbourhood, suggesting the characterisation of neighbourhoods close to home will fail to properly capture the environmental influences on physical activity.
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People travel beyond their local neighbourhoods to access recreational nature experiences.
“People travel beyond their local neighbourhoods to access recreational nature experiences, and indeed in our own data those who lived in the least green areas had higher odds of spending ≥120 mins in nature than those living in greener neighbourhoods (Appendix C).”
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The Results report that 60.5% of recorded outdoor physical activity occurred beyond an 800 m home-neighbourhood boundary, and the Conclusions say adults undertook most outdoor physical activity outside their proximal home neighbourhood (page not provided). The paper does not establish that people travelled beyond their neighbourhoods specifically to access recreational nature experiences; it measured where activity occurred, not its purpose or whether it took place in nature. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredDirect exposure, specifically recreational time spent in natural environments per week, cannot accurately be inferred from neighbourhood greenspace near the home.
“In other words, direct exposure, or more specifically in the current context, recreational time spent in natural environments per week, cannot accurately be inferred from neighbourhood greenspace near the home.”
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The Conclusions and Discussion report that much outdoor physical activity occurs beyond the proximal home neighbourhood, so nearby neighbourhood characteristics may poorly represent the environments people use. The paper does not establish this specifically for weekly recreational time in natural environments or for neighbourhood greenspace; the Discussion says the researchers did not know which activities participants undertook. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredImpoverished local opportunities need not be a barrier to nature exposure.
“Impoverished local opportunities need not be a barrier to nature exposure23,24.”
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The Results and Conclusions (page numbers unavailable) show that adults undertook much of their outdoor physical activity beyond their proximal home neighbourhood, supporting the idea that nearby opportunities do not define where people go. The paper does not establish that those destinations provided nature exposure or that impoverished local nature opportunities were not a barrier to it. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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- Authors
- Hillsdon, M., Coombes, E., Griew, P., & Jones, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hillsdon, Melvyn
- Venue
- International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Published
- 2015-08-16
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 100-100
- ISSN
- 1479-5868 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4537551
- OpenAlex
- W1835799443
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- 78
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- 13.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (WT086895MA)
- Medical Research Council (MR/K023187/1)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G007462/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Green Space and Health
- Keywords
- physical activity, built environment, distance from home, outdoor physical activity, neighborhood disadvantage, car ownership, gender differences, GPS tracking, accelerometer, unit of analysis
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Demography, England, Environment, Family Characteristics, Female, Housing, Humans, Leadership, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Ownership, Residence Characteristics, Sex Factors, Exercise, Motor Vehicles, Geographic Information Systems, Young Adult
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