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Living close to natural outdoor environments inf our European cities: adults' contact with the environments and physical activity
Triguero-Mas, Margarita Donaire-Gonzalez, David Seto, Edmund Valentin, Antonia Smith, Graham Martinez, David Carrasco-Turigas, Gloria Masterson, Daniel van den Berg, Magdalena Ambros, Albert
Triguero-Mas, Margarita
Donaire-Gonzalez, David
Seto, Edmund
Valentin, Antonia
Smith, Graham
Martinez, David
Carrasco-Turigas, Gloria
Masterson, Daniel
van den Berg, Magdalena
Ambros, Albert
Author
Triguero-Mas, Margarita
Donaire-Gonzalez, David
Seto, Edmund
Valentin, Antonia
Smith, Graham
Martinez, David
Carrasco-Turigas, Gloria
Masterson, Daniel
van den Berg, Magdalena
Ambros, Albert
Martinez-Iniguez, Tania
Dedele, Audrius
Hurst, Gemma
Ellis, Naomi
Grazulevicius, Tomas
Voorsmit, Martin
Cirach, Marta
Cirach-Claveras, Judith
Swart, Wim
Clasquin, Eddy
Maas, Jolanda
Wendel-Vos, Wanda
Jerrett, Michael
Regina, University of California Berkeley
Hanneke,
Christopher,
Mark,
Donaire-Gonzalez, David
Seto, Edmund
Valentin, Antonia
Smith, Graham
Martinez, David
Carrasco-Turigas, Gloria
Masterson, Daniel
van den Berg, Magdalena
Ambros, Albert
Martinez-Iniguez, Tania
Dedele, Audrius
Hurst, Gemma
Ellis, Naomi
Grazulevicius, Tomas
Voorsmit, Martin
Cirach, Marta
Cirach-Claveras, Judith
Swart, Wim
Clasquin, Eddy
Maas, Jolanda
Wendel-Vos, Wanda
Jerrett, Michael
Regina, University of California Berkeley
Hanneke,
Christopher,
Mark,
Abstract
This study investigated whether residential availability of natural outdoor environments (NOE) was associated with contact with NOE, overall physical activity and physical activity in NOE, in four different European cities using objective measures. A nested cross-sectional study was conducted in Barcelona (Spain); Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom); Doetinchem (The Netherlands); and Kaunas (Lithuania). Smartphones were used to collect information on the location and physical activity (overall and NOE) of around 100 residents of each city over seven days. We used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to determine residential NOE availability (presence/absence of NOE within 300 m buffer from residence), contact with NOE (time spent in NOE), overall PA (total physical activity), NOE PA (total physical activity in NOE). Potential effect modifiers were investigated. Participants spent around 40 min in NOE and 80 min doing overall PA daily, of which 11% was in NOE. Having residential NOE availability was consistently linked with higher NOE contact during weekdays, but not to overall PA. Having residential NOE availability was related to NOE PA, especially for our Barcelona participants, people that lived in a city with low NOE availability.
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Date
2017
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Volume
14
Issue
10
Page Range
1-21
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ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Open access
License
CC BY 4.0
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Open