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Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China
There is still a scarcity of literature on the specific mechanisms of the linkage between the built environment and obesity. As a result, this study investigated whether and how physical activities mediate the associations between the objective built environment and the BMI of elderly people. To inv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8961803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35359789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.853292 |
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author | Xiao, Yang Chen, Sijia Miao, Siyu Yu, Yifan |
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description | There is still a scarcity of literature on the specific mechanisms of the linkage between the built environment and obesity. As a result, this study investigated whether and how physical activities mediate the associations between the objective built environment and the BMI of elderly people. To investigate the effect of the duration and intensity of physical activity on the effect of the built environment, the study made use of the bootstrap method. In general, we discovered that physical activity duration has a huge mediating effect on the elderly people in Shanghai, especially with respect to the density and accessibility of facilities (gyms, parks, fast-food restaurants) that can greatly stimulate physical activity in elderly people to reduce their BMI. There were both direct and indirect effects on their BMI, which means that the health benefits of green spaces for older people may be more complicated than first thought. |
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spelling | pubmed-89618032022-03-30 Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China Xiao, Yang Chen, Sijia Miao, Siyu Yu, Yifan Front Public Health Public Health There is still a scarcity of literature on the specific mechanisms of the linkage between the built environment and obesity. As a result, this study investigated whether and how physical activities mediate the associations between the objective built environment and the BMI of elderly people. To investigate the effect of the duration and intensity of physical activity on the effect of the built environment, the study made use of the bootstrap method. In general, we discovered that physical activity duration has a huge mediating effect on the elderly people in Shanghai, especially with respect to the density and accessibility of facilities (gyms, parks, fast-food restaurants) that can greatly stimulate physical activity in elderly people to reduce their BMI. There were both direct and indirect effects on their BMI, which means that the health benefits of green spaces for older people may be more complicated than first thought. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8961803/ /pubmed/35359789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.853292 Text en Copyright © 2022 Xiao, Chen, Miao and Yu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Xiao, Yang Chen, Sijia Miao, Siyu Yu, Yifan Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title | Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title_full | Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title_fullStr | Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title_short | Exploring the Mediating Effect of Physical Activities on Built Environment and Obesity for Elderly People: Evidence From Shanghai, China |
title_sort | exploring the mediating effect of physical activities on built environment and obesity for elderly people: evidence from shanghai, china |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8961803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35359789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.853292 |
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