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来源

LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,Vol.174,P.18-23

语言

英文

关键字

Greenspace; Physical activity; Dog-ownership; Health promotion; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENGLISH ADULTS; HEALTH; WALKING; SPACE; OVERWEIGHT; COMMUNITY; COHESION; COHORT

作者单位

[White, Mathew P.; Elliott, Lewis R.; Wheeler, Benedict W.; Fleming, Lora E.] Univ Exeter, Sch Med, ECEHH, Truro, Cornwall, England. White, MP (reprint author), Univ Exeter, Sch Med, ECEHH, Royal Cornwall Hosp Treliske,Knowledge Spa, Truro TR1 3HD, Cornwall, England. E-Mail: mathew.white@exeter.ac.uk

摘要

Evidence supporting a positive association between neighbourhood greenspace and physical activity is equivocal. Using data from a large, nationally representative survey in England (n = 280,790), we found that while a positive relationship between the amount of neighbourhood greenspace and the odds of achieving recommended weekly physical activity existed for dog owners, no relationship was found for non-dog owners. The findings highlight the importance of neighbourhood greenspaces for supporting physical activity through dog walking in the UK context, but also raise the issue of how to encourage non-dog owners to use greenspaces in health-promoting ways. The results may also help to explain previously mixed findings in the international evidence base, and emphasise the need to adequately account for dog-ownership in future research exploring the relationship between greenspaces and physical activity.