An evaluation of outdoor school environments to promote physical activity in Delhi, India

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• 作者：Samiksha Tarun ; Monika Arora ; Tina Rawal ; Sara E. Benjamin Neelon
• 关键词：Built environment ; India ; Physical activity ; School
• 刊名：BMC Public Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：401KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Biostatistics; Vaccine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2458
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundIncreasing physical activity in children is an important public health goal in India. Schools may be a target for physical activity promotion, but little is known about outdoor school environments. The purpose of this study was to describe characteristics of the surrounding outdoor school environments that may promote children’s physical activity in Delhi, India.