Physical Surroundings Affect Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls
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Children Are More Physically Active in Greener Areas
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Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Family Fitness Zones: A Natural Experiment in Urban Public Parks
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Who Uses School Athletic Facilities?
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Impact of the Walking School Bus Program on Children’s Pedestrian Safety Behaviors
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Impact of State Laws on Walking and Bicycling to School
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Child Outdoor Physical Activity is Reduced by Prevalence of the Asian Tiger Mosquito
Date:
03/01/2013
Description:
Worobey, J., Fonseca, D. M., Espinosa, C., Healy, S., & Gaugler, R. (2013). Child Outdoor Physical Activity is Reduced by Prevalence of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopicus. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 29(1), 78-80.
Abstract:
We tested the hypothesis that day-biting mosquitoes contribute to child obesity by reducing opportunities for summer outdoor play. The influence of Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) prevalence on child outdoor physical activity was compared in 2 matched urban communities, one treated for mosquito abatement and one untreated. More time was spent outdoors by children where abatement took place.
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Neighborhood Race, Poverty, and Access to Parks and Green Space
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Not All Parks Are Created Equal
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Physical Activity among Low-Income Latino Youth
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