An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health
Nature underpins human well-being in critical ways, especially in health. Nature provides pollination of nutritious crops, purification of drinking water, protection from floods, and climate security, among other well-studied health…
Sedentary behaviour and health
Mapping environmental and social contexts to underpin chronic disease prevention
The time that children and adults spend sedentary -put simply, doing too much sitting as distinct from doing too little physical activity -has recently been proposed as a population-wide, ubiquitous…
Neighbourhood physical activity environments and adiposity in children and mothers
A three-year longitudinal study
Background: Although neighbourhood environments are often blamed for contributing to rising levels of obesity, current evidence is based predominantly on cross-sectional samples. This study examined associations between objectively-measured environmental characteristics…