Association Between School Neighborhood Walkability and Adolescent Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT: Neighborhood structural factors are associated with greater feasibility of youth active travel and thus, greater levels of physical activity. However, limited prior work has addressed walkability factors specific to the school neighborhood related to adolescent physical activity during the school day. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between two school neighborhood walkability factors (neighborhood density and neighborhood age) and school-related adolescent moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). We analyzed cross-sectional data from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) study for 1,183 adolescents ages 12-17 years. Separate linear regression models assessed the association between both school-neighborhood density and school-

SUBMITTER: Wagner BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408088 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature