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Do country-level environmental factors explain cross-national variation in adolescent physical activity? A multilevel study in 29 European countries
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Abstract Background: Worldwide, roughly 80% of adolescents fail to meet World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations regarding physical activity, though there is substantial variation in adolescent physical activity prevalence across countries. This study explored whether country-level environmental diffe... mehr
Background: Worldwide, roughly 80% of adolescents fail to meet World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations regarding physical activity, though there is substantial variation in adolescent physical activity prevalence across countries. This study explored whether country-level environmental differences explained cross-national variation in adolescent moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous-intensity activity (VPA). Method: Using the data of 138,014 11- to 15-year-olds from 29 European countries in the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, multilevel regression models examined the influence of four types of country-level environmental factors (physical, socio-cultural, economic, and political) on self-reported individual-level physical activity (MVPA and VPA). Results: The environmental variables explained 38% of country-level variance in MVPA and 81% of country-level variance in VPA. Lower annual average national temperature, higher community safety, lower average national household income and a weaker physical education policy were significantly associated with more MVPA. Greater urbanisation, lower annual average national temperature, higher adult physical activity and higher average national household income were significantly associated with more VPA. Conclusions: The findings showed that national differences in the physical, socio-cultural and economic environment were related to adolescent physical activity. They point to potential avenues for future research looking at interactions between individual and environmental factors.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ökologische Folgen; körperliche Bewegung; Mehrebenenanalyse; Adoleszenz; Jugendlicher; Europa; Umweltfaktoren; internationaler Vergleich; EU
Klassifikation
Medizin, Sozialmedizin
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
EU-SILC; HBSC
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 1-11
Zeitschriftentitel
BMC Public Health, 19 (2019) 680
ISSN
1471-2458
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)