Out and about: Association of the built environment with physical activity behaviors of adolescent females

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Cho, Gi Hyoug ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Conway, Terry L ^c   Cohen, Deborah ^d   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^d   Pickrel, Julie L ^c   Veblen Mortenson, Sara ^e   Lytle, Leslie A ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Adolescents; Built environment; GPS; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENCE; GPS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84855712887     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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