The neighbourhood built environment and health-related fitness: a narrative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing evidence demonstrating the importance of the neighbourhood built environment in supporting physical activity. Physical activity provides numerous health benefits including improvements in health-related fitness (i.e., muscular, cardiorespiratory, motor, and morphological fitness). Emerging evidence also suggests that the neighbourhood built environment is associated with health-related fitness. Our aim was to summarize evidence on the associations between the neighbourhood built environment and components of health-related fitness in adults.

Methods

We undertook a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines. Our data sources included electronic searches in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, Environment Complete, ProQuest Di

SUBMITTER: Frehlich L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509561 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature