Is change in environmental supportiveness between primary and secondary school associated with a decline in children's physical activity levels?

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-178

  Coombes, Emma ^a,b   Jones, Andy ^a,b   Page, Angie ^c   Cooper, Ashley R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active travel; Children; Environment; Physical activity; School

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; DEVICES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CHILD; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 84907331560     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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