ArticleJournal of community health2008
Places to play: association of park space and facilities with healthy weight status among children.
Article in Journal of community health, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association of greenspaces exposure with cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Pooled it
- The built environment as determinant of childhood obesity: A systematic literature review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- State-of-the-art of measures of the obesogenic environment for children.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Maternal and early-life area-level characteristics and childhood adiposity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- How much neighborhood parks contribute to local residents' physical activity in the City of Los Angeles: a meta-analysis.Preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Rationale, design, and baseline data of a cross-national randomized trial on the effect of built shade in public parks for sun protection.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- The influence of the built environment on outcomes from a "walking school bus study": a cross-sectional analysis using geographical information systems.Geospatial health · 2014Trial
- How environmental health burdens shape physical activity patterns: age-specific evidence from OECD countries.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A Review of the Role of Built Environment and Temperature in the Development of Childhood Obesity.Cureus · 2023Review
- Social media analysis reveals environmental injustices in Philadelphia urban parks.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Saudi Youth Physical Activity Participation: A Qualitative Study Based on the Social Ecological Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Correlation of Built Environment on Hypertension, and Weight Status amongst Adolescence in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Characteristics of the Spatial Location of Sports Facilities in the Northern Great Plain Region of Hungary.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- GPS-based activity space exposure to greenness and walkability is associated with increased accelerometer-based physical activity.Environment international · 2022Article
- Associations between Parent-Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3-6-Year-Olds.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Backyard benefits? A cross-sectional study of yard size and greenness and children's physical activity and outdoor play.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Investigating the Relationship Between Accessibility of Green Space and Adult Obesity Rates: A Secondary Data Analysis in the United States.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2021Article
- The Relationship of Urban Form on Children and Adolescent Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review of Canadian Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Green space access in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Article
- Identification of Effective Programs to Improve Access to and Use of Trails among Youth from Under-Resourced Communities: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how healthy weight status among youth was related to (i) three proximity-based park variables: number of parks within 1 km of home, total area of parkland within 1 km, and distance to the closest park from home, and (ii) the availability of 13 specific park facilities within 1 km of the home. Data were collected from parents of children living in four neighborhoods of a medium-sized Canadian city. Logistic regression analyses revealed that none of the three proximity-based park variables was significantly associated with healthy weight status among children in the sample. However, when availability of the 13 park facilities was examined, children with a park playground within 1 km were almost five times more likely to be classified as being of a healthy weight rather then at risk or overweight compared to those children without playgrounds in nearby parks. Results suggest that availability of certain park facilities may play a more important role in promoting physical activity and healthy weight status among children than availability of park space in general. Implications for park design are discussed.
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