The effect of infrastructural changes in the built environment on physical activity, active transportation and sedentary behavior–a systematic review

NEH Stappers, DHH Van Kann, D Ettema, NK De Vries… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
This systematic review examined the effect of built environment infrastructural changes
(BEICs) on physical activity (PA), active transportation (AT) and sedentary behavior (SB). A …

Methodologies for assessing contextual exposure to the built environment in physical activity studies: A systematic review

L Yi, JP Wilson, TB Mason, R Habre, S Wang… - Health & place, 2019 - Elsevier
Growing research has integrated Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information
Systems (GIS), and accelerometry in studying effects of built environment on physical activity …

Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time

T Aira, T Vasankari, OJ Heinonen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Longitudinal studies demonstrate an average decline in physical activity (PA)
from adolescence to young adulthood. However, while some subgroups of adolescents …

The urban vitality conditions of Jane Jacobs in Barcelona: Residential and smartphone-based tracking measurements of the built environment in a Mediterranean …

X Delclòs-Alió, A Gutiérrez, C Miralles-Guasch - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Jane Jacobs has presented theories on the attributes that the built environment of cities
ought to present in order to ensure pedestrian activity, which she considers to be the main …

Towards a comprehensive set of GPS-based indicators reflecting the multidimensional nature of daily mobility for applications in health and aging research

MP Fillekes, E Giannouli, EK Kim, W Zijlstra… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background GPS tracking is increasingly used in health and aging research to objectively
and unobtrusively assess individuals' daily-life mobility. However, mobility is a complex …

Kids in space: Measuring children's residential neighborhoods and other destinations using activity space GPS and wearable camera data

T Chambers, AL Pearson, I Kawachi… - Social Science & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Defining the boundary of children's 'neighborhoods' has important implications
for understanding the contextual influences on child health. Additionally, insight into …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the evolution of GPS use in active living research: A state of the evidence for research, policy, and practice

TR Katapally, J Bhawra, P Patel - Health & Place, 2020 - Elsevier
This is the first systematic review to comprehensively capture Global Positioning
Systems'(GPS) utilization in active living research by investigating the influence of physical …

International Physical Activity and Built Environment Study of adolescents: IPEN Adolescent design, protocol and measures

KL Cain, J Salmon, TL Conway, E Cerin, E Hinckson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Only international studies can provide the full variability of built environments
and accurately estimate effect sizes of relations between contrasting environments and …

Efficacy of school‐based interventions for improving muscular fitness outcomes in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

E Villa‐González, Y Barranco‐Ruiz… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The World Health Organization recommends that children should engage in an
average of 60 min of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day and should …

Factors related with public open space use among adolescents: a study using GPS and accelerometers

L Van Hecke, H Verhoeven, P Clarys… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Low physical activity levels and high levels of sedentary time among
adolescents call for population wide interventions. Public open spaces can be important …