Built environment interventions and physical activity levels: A systematic review
Introduction: Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and physical activity is a key preventive strategy to reduce them. There is a relationship between the built environment and the practice of physical activity, but little evidence as to whether those built environment i...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f0e5f46047de48cf97d4b536698dcf02 2023-05-15T15:05:43+02:00 Built environment interventions and physical activity levels: A systematic review Susana Barradas Diego Lucumí Deivis Nicolás Guzmán-Tordecilla Jeremy Young Diana Pinzón 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6113 https://doaj.org/article/f0e5f46047de48cf97d4b536698dcf02 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/6113 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.6113 https://doaj.org/article/f0e5f46047de48cf97d4b536698dcf02 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 42, Iss Sp. 1, Pp 79-88 (2022) built environment physical activity health promotion Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6113 2022-12-31T02:22:40Z Introduction: Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and physical activity is a key preventive strategy to reduce them. There is a relationship between the built environment and the practice of physical activity, but little evidence as to whether those built environment interventions not initially designed for promoting physical activity actually have an impact on promoting the behavior. Objective: To identify whether such built environment interventions were able to change physical activity in adults. Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review of interventions targeting modifications to the built environment changes in urban areas. Results: Out of 5,605 articles reviewed, only seven met our inclusion criteria. The seven studies found higher levels of physical activity after the interventions. Conclusions: We recommend greater specificity regarding the study design, the timeline of interventions implementation and post-intervention measurements, as well as the use of more objective measures. Finally, we point out the need to make more explicit the mechanisms of change related to the interventions assessed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 42 Sp. 1 79 88 |
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Introduction: Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and physical activity is a key preventive strategy to reduce them. There is a relationship between the built environment and the practice of physical activity, but little evidence as to whether those built environment interventions not initially designed for promoting physical activity actually have an impact on promoting the behavior. Objective: To identify whether such built environment interventions were able to change physical activity in adults. Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review of interventions targeting modifications to the built environment changes in urban areas. Results: Out of 5,605 articles reviewed, only seven met our inclusion criteria. The seven studies found higher levels of physical activity after the interventions. Conclusions: We recommend greater specificity regarding the study design, the timeline of interventions implementation and post-intervention measurements, as well as the use of more objective measures. Finally, we point out the need to make more explicit the mechanisms of change related to the interventions assessed. |
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Susana Barradas Diego Lucumí Deivis Nicolás Guzmán-Tordecilla Jeremy Young Diana Pinzón |
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Built environment interventions and physical activity levels: A systematic review |
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