Urban green space and its impact on human health

MC Kondo, JM Fluehr, T McKeon… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and this proportion
is expected to increase. While there have been numerous reviews of empirical studies on …

Nature and children's health: a systematic review

AL Fyfe-Johnson, MF Hazlehurst, SP Perrins… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
RESULTS The strongest evidence for type of nature exposure was residential green space
studies (n= 147, 50%). The strongest evidence for the beneficial health effects of nature was …

Impact of COVID-19 confinement on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Spanish university students: role of gender

A Rodríguez-Larrad, A Mañas, I Labayen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, entire populations were instructed to live in home-
confinement to prevent the expansion of the disease. Spain was one of the countries with …

What is the relationship between outdoor time and physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness in children? A systematic review

C Gray, R Gibbons, R Larouche… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The objective of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between outdoor
time and:(1) physical activity,(2) cardiorespiratory fitness,(3) musculoskeletal fitness,(4) …

[HTML][HTML] Position statement on active outdoor play

MS Tremblay, C Gray, S Babcock, J Barnes… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
A diverse, cross-sectorial group of partners, stakeholders and researchers, collaborated to
develop an evidence-informed Position Statement on active outdoor play for children aged 3 …

Sedentary behaviors in today's youth: approaches to the prevention and management of childhood obesity: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

TA Barnett, AS Kelly, DR Young, CK Perry, CA Pratt… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
This scientific statement is about sedentary behavior and its relationship to obesity and other
cardiometabolic outcomes in youth. A deleterious effect of sedentary behavior on …

Public open space characteristics influencing adolescents' use and physical activity: A systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative studies

L Van Hecke, A Ghekiere, J Veitch, D Van Dyck… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this systematic review was to provide insight into the specific characteristics
of public open spaces (POS) associated with adolescents' POS visitation and physical …

Nature contact at school: The impact of an outdoor classroom on children's well-being

E Largo-Wight, C Guardino, PS Wludyka… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Nature contact facilitates healthy child development and a disconnect with nature presents
potential health risks. This study was designed to test a nature intervention at an elementary …

Promoting activity participation and well-being among children and adolescents: a systematic review of neighborhood built-environment determinants

ECA Nordbø, H Nordh, RK Raanaas… - JBI evidence …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the findings
on built-environment determinants and their relation to participation in different domains of …

Unfavorable progression of obesity in children and adolescents due to COVID‐19 pandemic: A school‐based survey in China

J Hu, J Liu, J Wang, M Shen, W Ge, H Shen, T Zhang… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective The Chinese government decisively imposed nationwide confinement in
response to the COVID‐19 outbreak. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID …