Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-518

  Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,b   Cardon, Greet ^b   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,c   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active transport; Adolescents; Distance to school; Physical activity; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBURBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 66749122298     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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