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Relationship between Recreational Resources in the School Neighborhood and Changes in Fitness in New York City Public School Students
Journal of urban health, v 94(1), pp 20-29
01 Feb 2017
PMID: 28116590
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Abstract
Physical fitness in children has many beneficial effects, including the maintenance of a healthy weight. The built environment may influence youths' physical fitness by encouraging physical activity. This paper assessed whether higher density of parks, playgrounds, and sports facilities around a school is related to improvements in fitness in middle school boys and girls. Fitness scores and other student covariates collected as part of NYC FITNESSGRAM between the 2006-2007 and 2010-2011 school years were linked with school neighborhood data on characteristics of the built environment for NYC public school students in grades 6-8. Data were analyzed in 2015. Medium, but not high, density of recreational resources in the area surrounding a school was associated with greater annual improvements in fitness for both boys and girls. This association appeared to be driven mainly by the presence of parks. Findings for sports facilities and playgrounds were inconsistent. Overall, few associations were observed between recreational resources near a school and changes in student fitness. Future studies of school influences on student fitness should consider the influence of school resources and the home neighborhood.
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- Title
- Relationship between Recreational Resources in the School Neighborhood and Changes in Fitness in New York City Public School Students
- Creators
- Carla P. Bezold - Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, 401 Pk Dr, Boston, MA 02115 USAJames H. Stark - PfizerAndrew Rundle - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY USAKevin Konty - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneSophia E. Day - New York City Department of Health and Mental HygieneJames Quinn - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY USAKathryn Neckerman - Columbia Population Research Center, New York, NY, USA.Ana V. Diez Roux - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of urban health, v 94(1), pp 20-29
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- T32 ES 007069 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA P2CHD058486 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) T32ES007069 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000397406100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85010755505
- Other Identifier
- 991019169677904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health