Associations between park features and adolescent park use for physical activity
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Associations between park features and adolescent park use for physical activity
BACKGROUND Eighty per cent of adolescents globally do insufficient physical activity. Parks are a popular place for adolescents to be active. However, little is known about which park features are associated with higher levels of park use by adolescents. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine which environmental park features, and combination of features, were correlated with higher levels of...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0178-4