Do physical activity and sedentary time mediate the association of the perceived environment with BMI? The IPEN adult study

• Published in: Health & place Vol. 64; pp. 102366 - 10
• Main Authors: Van Dyck, Delfien, Cerin, Ester, Akram, Muhammad, Conway, Terry L., Macfarlane, Duncan, Davey, Rachel, Sarmiento, Olga L., Christiansen, Lars Breum, Reis, Rodrigo, Mitas, Josef, Aguinaga-Ontoso, Ines, Salvo, Deborah, Sallis, James F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Access; Adult; Adults; Advocacy; Aesthetics; Associations; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body weight; Built environment; Community health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exercise; Food intake; Home environment; Humans; Infrastructure; Land use; Neighborhoods; Personal safety; Physical activity; Residence Characteristics; Sedentary; Sedentary Behavior; Time use; Traffic safety; Walking; Community health; Adults; Exercise; Physical activity

The study's main aim was to examine whether adults' accelerometer-based physical activity and sedentary time mediated the associations of neighbourhood physical environmental perceptions with body mass index (BMI) and weight status across 10 high- and middle-income countries. Data from the...