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Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai
Objective. To determine the perceived neighborhood environment (NE) variables that are associated with physical activity (PA) in urban areas in China. Methods. Parents of students at two junior high schools in Shanghai, one downtown and the other in the suburbs, were recruited to participate in the...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/239595 |
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author | Zhou, Rena Li, Yang Umezaki, Masahiro Ding, Yongming Jiang, Hongwei Comber, Alexis Fu, Hua |
author_facet | Zhou, Rena Li, Yang Umezaki, Masahiro Ding, Yongming Jiang, Hongwei Comber, Alexis Fu, Hua |
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description | Objective. To determine the perceived neighborhood environment (NE) variables that are associated with physical activity (PA) in urban areas in China. Methods. Parents of students at two junior high schools in Shanghai, one downtown and the other in the suburbs, were recruited to participate in the study. They completed an International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated (NEWS-A) survey. Participant physical activity was also objectively measured using accelerometers. Results. Participants from downtown areas were more positively associated with transportation PA and leisure-time PA than respondents living in the suburbs. Residential density was found to be a significant positive predictor of recreational or leisure-based PA. Street connectivity was negatively associated with leisure time PA for respondents. Moderate-vigorous PA was found to be negatively associated with traffic safety. There were no significant associations between environmental factors and transportation PA. Women had higher levels of moderate-vigorous PA than men. Conclusions. The results of this study demonstrate that residential density, street connectivity, and traffic safety have a significant impact on Chinese middle-aged adults' PA, suggesting urban planning strategies for promoting positive public health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-36521592013-05-20 Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai Zhou, Rena Li, Yang Umezaki, Masahiro Ding, Yongming Jiang, Hongwei Comber, Alexis Fu, Hua J Environ Public Health Research Article Objective. To determine the perceived neighborhood environment (NE) variables that are associated with physical activity (PA) in urban areas in China. Methods. Parents of students at two junior high schools in Shanghai, one downtown and the other in the suburbs, were recruited to participate in the study. They completed an International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated (NEWS-A) survey. Participant physical activity was also objectively measured using accelerometers. Results. Participants from downtown areas were more positively associated with transportation PA and leisure-time PA than respondents living in the suburbs. Residential density was found to be a significant positive predictor of recreational or leisure-based PA. Street connectivity was negatively associated with leisure time PA for respondents. Moderate-vigorous PA was found to be negatively associated with traffic safety. There were no significant associations between environmental factors and transportation PA. Women had higher levels of moderate-vigorous PA than men. Conclusions. The results of this study demonstrate that residential density, street connectivity, and traffic safety have a significant impact on Chinese middle-aged adults' PA, suggesting urban planning strategies for promoting positive public health outcomes. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3652159/ /pubmed/23690800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/239595 Text en Copyright © 2013 Rena Zhou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zhou, Rena Li, Yang Umezaki, Masahiro Ding, Yongming Jiang, Hongwei Comber, Alexis Fu, Hua Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title | Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title_full | Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title_fullStr | Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title_short | Association between Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environment among Middle-Aged Adults in Shanghai |
title_sort | association between physical activity and neighborhood environment among middle-aged adults in shanghai |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/239595 |
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