Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' leisure-time physical activity: Findings from Belgium, Australia and the USA

Health and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-68

  Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,b   Cerin, Ester ^c   Conway, Terry L ^d   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Owen, Neville ^e   Kerr, Jacqueline ^f   Cardon, Greet ^a   Frank, Lawrence D ^g   Saelens, Brian E ^f   Sallis, James F ^h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Exercise; Leisure time; Policy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; LEISURE; LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY FRIENDLINESS INDEX; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATIONAL WALKING FRIENDLINESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870021412     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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