Investigating where adolescents engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour: An exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a persistent lack of understanding on the influence of the environment on behaviour and health. While the environment is considered an important modifiable determinant of health behaviour, past research assessing environments often relies on static, researcher-defined buffers of arbitrary distance. This likely leads to misrepresentation of true environmental exposures. This exploratory study aims to compare researcher-defined and self-drawn buffers in reflecting the spaces and time adolescents engage in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour. It also investigates if adolescent's access the PA facility and greenspace nearest their home or school for PA, as well as examine how much time adolescents spent in PA at any PA facilities and greenspaces.

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SUBMITTER: Christensen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9725162 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature