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Relationships between area-level socioeconomic status and urbanization with active transportation, independent mobility, outdoor time, and physical activity among Canadian children.

Christine Delisle NyströmJoel D BarnesSébastien BlanchetteGuy FaulknerGeneviève LeducNegin A RiaziMark S TremblayFrançois TrudeauRichard Larouche
Published in: BMC public health (2019)
AT, IM, and physical activity are generally not associated with area-level SES or the type of urbanization in this sample of Canadian children. The finding regarding outdoor time showing that both boys and girls of lower SES areas had decreased odds of spending > 2 h outdoors on weekends compared to their peers from higher SES areas suggest that additional efforts should be implemented to offer outdoor play opportunities in lower SES areas.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • air pollution
  • young adults
  • particulate matter
  • body mass index
  • quality improvement