TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Living close to natural outdoor environments in four European cities: adults' contact with the environments and physical activity
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Triguero-Mas, Margarita
A1  - Donaire-Gonzalez, David
A1  - Seto, Edmund
A1  - Valentín, Antònia
A1  - Smith, Graham
A1  - Martínez, David
A1  - Carrasco-Turigas, Glòria
A1  - Masterson, Daniel
A1  - van den Berg, Magdalena
A1  - Ambros, Albert
A1  - Martínez-Íñiguez, Tania
A1  - Dedele, Audrius
A1  - Hurst, Gemma
A1  - Ellis, Naomi
A1  - Grazulevicius, Tomas
A1  - Voorsmit, Martin
A1  - Cirach, Marta
A1  - Cirac-Claveras, Judith
A1  - Swart, Wim
A1  - Clasquin, Eddy
A1  - Maas, Jolanda
A1  - Wendel-Vos, Wanda
A1  - Jerrett, Michael
A1  - Grazuleviciene, Regina
A1  - Kruize, Hanneke
A1  - Gidlow, Christopher J.
A1  - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
SP  - e14101162
EP  - e14101162
VL  - 14
IS  - 10
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14101162
ID  - ref1
ER  -