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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
2015
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- Adolescents' and young adults' physical activity related to built environment Armando Cocca Jesús Viciana-Ramírez Daniel Mayorga-Vega Oswaldo Ceballos- Gurrola Jarmo Liukkonen Michaela Cocca Educación Youth Health Young adults Physical activity Built environment Objectives. This study aims to analyse physical activity (PA) levels of high school and university students; to estimate their perception of built environment with regard to physical PA; and to assess the relation between PA and built environment. Methods. A sociological cross-sectional study with non-experimental design was applied. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Built Environment Characteristics Questionnaire were filled in by a sample of 1.862 students from high schools and the university in Granada, Spain. Results. High school students were significantly more active than university students, the latter reaching insufficient levels of PA. Nevertheless, they consider Granada as a good context for carrying out outdoor exercise. No relations were found between PA levels and built environment. Conclusion. The discrepant outcomes for PA levels and perceived built environment suggest the need of interventions focused on making youth aware of the possibilities that an environment provides to them for exercising. Consequently, environment could have an impact on their health at the same time as youth learn to respect it. 2015 artículo científico 1514-0105 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=439942661004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4399 Educación Física y Ciencia application/pdf Universidad Nacional de La Plata Educación Física y Ciencia (Argentina) Num.1 Vol.17