A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children

Burdette, Hillary L.; Whitaker, Robert C.

doi:10.1542/peds.2004-2443

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“…As detached houses are likely to provide easy access to protected recreational spaces (e. g. private gardens and front yards), parental safety concerns may be another reason why outdoor time is associated with the building development (Valentine & McKendrick 1997;Handy et al 2008). A 375 generalization of this hypothesis, however, is debatable as for example Burdette & Whitaker (2005) observed no association between the maternal perception of neighborhood safety and their children's outdoor play time.…”

Section: German Children's Time-location Patternsmentioning

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The German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children

Conrad

Seiwert

Hünken

et al. 2013

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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Adolescents (KiGGS).Parents reported on the time their children usually spend at home, in other indoor environments, and outdoors. This information was characterized by statistical parameters, which were also calculated for different 40 strata concerning socio-demography and the residential environment. Consequently, group differences were evaluated by t-tests and univariate ANOVA. Reference distributions were fitted to the time-location data by a Maximum Likelihood approach to make them also useable in probabilistic exposure modeling. Finally, associations between data on the children's physical activity as well as body weight and their outdoor time were investigated by bivariate correlation analysis and cross tabulation. 55GerES IV provides a compilation of current time-location reference values and distributions on German children. This data hint to substantial differences in time-location patterns within the population to be considered in environmental health risk assessment.

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Section: German Children's Time-location Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children

Conrad

Seiwert

Hünken

et al. 2013

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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“…Despite the growing evidence supporting a link between neighborhood context and weight, only a limited number of studies have investigated the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and BMI in the U.S. population, net of individual socioeconomic status (Orr et al, 2003;Morenoff et al, 2006;Komlos and Lauderdale, 2007;Burdette and Whitaker, 2005;Burdette et al, 2006). Still fewer studies have used nationally representative data and the few that have did find neighborhood socioeconomic and demographic factors to be associated with BMI (Robert and Reither, 2004;Boardman et al, 2005;Chang, 2006).…”

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Neighborhood context and ethnicity differences in body mass index: A multilevel analysis using the NHANES III survey (1988–1994)

Phuong

Dubowitz

Bird

et al. 2007

Economics & Human Biology

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A growing body of literature has documented a link between neighborhood context and health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between neighborhood context and body mass index (BMI) or whether the association between neighborhood context and BMI differs by ethnicity. This paper investigates several neighborhood characteristics as potential explanatory factors for the variation of BMI across the United States; further, this paper explores to what extent segregation and the concentration of disadvantage across neighborhoods help explain ethnic disparities in BMI. Using data geo-coded at the census tract-level and linked with individual-level data from the Third National Health and Examination Survey in the United States (U.S.), we find significant variation in BMI across U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, neighborhood characteristics have a significant association with body mass and partially explain ethnic disparities in BMI, net of individual-level adjustments. These data also reveal evidence that ethnic enclaves are not in fact advantageous for the body mass index of Hispanics-a relationship counter to what has been documented for other health outcomes.

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“…Playing outdoors is part of the daily life of most preschoolers. These activities have been suggested as a potential childhood obesity preventive effort both for general and individual levels 3 . Therefore, it is important to identify factors that influence the children's PA in environments where children can be active and engaged in enjoyable and creative types of PA.…”

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Parental education and perception of outdoor playing time for preschoolers

Mota

Silva-Santos

Santos

et al. 2017

Motriz: rev. educ. fis.

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-Aim:The objective of this study was to analyze whether or not socioeconomic positions influence outdoor playtime during the week (WK) and on the weekends (WEND). Methods: The sample consisted of 485 (girls; n=223) healthy preschoolers, aged from 3 to 6 years, enrolled in kindergartens from the metropolitan area of Porto, Portugal.Physical Activity (PA) was assessed for 7 consecutive days with an accelerometer. The time playing outdoors during the WK or the WEND was reported by parents. Anthropometric data (weight and height) was collected following standardized protocols. Socioeconomic position was assessed by Parental Education (PE), according to the Portuguese education system. Results: We found differences in time spent playing outdoors either for the WK or WEND, but not for Total PA (TPA), in both sexes. However, regression analysis showed that after age adjustment, BMI and TPA for both sexes, we only found significant associations between low PE (LPE) and high PE (HPE) groups on WK or WEND.However, we found no statistically significant association for boys on the WK (p=0.06). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that socioeconomic position can influence the children's time spent in outdoor activities, especially on the weekends. This may have implications for future interventions with this age group.

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A National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children

Abstract: In a national sample of preschool children, mothers' perception of neighborhood safety was related to their children's TV viewing time but not to their outdoor play time or risk for obesity.

Cited by 355 publications

References 30 publications

The German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children

The German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV): Reference values and distributions for time-location patterns of German children

Neighborhood context and ethnicity differences in body mass index: A multilevel analysis using the NHANES III survey (1988–1994)

Parental education and perception of outdoor playing time for preschoolers

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