Distance to sports facilities and low frequency of exercise and obesity: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Little research has investigated the associations between proximity to physical activity facilities and behavior-related health and the majority have focused on proximity from home address. We add to the literature by examining proximity of these facilities to work and home address and including a wide range of physical activity facilities. We assess the associations for proximity of physical activity facilities from home and work address with self-reported frequency of exercise and obesity. Our analytical sample of 7358 participants was from the 2018 wave of the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health. We used logistic binomial regression adjusting for age, sex, education, civil status, individual socioeconomic status, neighborhood socioeconomic status, number of children under

SUBMITTER: Raza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641919 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature