Assessment of environmental correlates of physical activity: development of a European questionnaire
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Assessment of environmental correlates of physical activity: development of a European questionnaire Heleen Spittaels1, Charlie Foster2, Jean-Michel Oppert3,4, Harry Rutter5, Pekka Oja6, Michael Sjöström7 and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij*1 Address: 1Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium, 2Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK, 3Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, UMR INSERM U557/INRA U1125/CNAM/University Paris 13, CRNH IdF, 93017 Bobigny, France, 4Department of Nutrition, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital (AP-HP), University Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, 75013 Paris, France, 5National Obesity Observatory, 4150 Chancellor Court, Oxford, OX4 2GX, UK, 6Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research, FIN-33500 Tampere, Finland and 7Karolinska Institute, Department of Biosciences, Preventive Nutrition, Novum, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden Email: Heleen Spittaels - [email protected]; Charlie Foster - [email protected]; Jean-Michel Oppert - [email protected]; Harry Rutter - [email protected]; Pekka Oja - [email protected]; Michael Sjöström - [email protected]; Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij* - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 6 July 2009 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009, 6:39
doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-39
Received: 24 February 2009 Accepted: 6 July 2009
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Abstract Background: Research on the influence of the physical environment on physical activity is rapidly expanding and different measures of environmental perceptions have been developed, mostly in the US and Australia. The purpose of this paper is to (i) provide a literature review of measures of environmental perceptions recently used in European studies and (ii) develop a questionnaire for population monitoring purposes in the European countries. Methods: This study was done within the framework of the EU-funded project 'Instruments for Assessing Levels of Physical Activity and Fitness (ALPHA)', which aims to propose standardised instruments for physical activity and fitness monitoring across Europe. Quantitative studies published from 1990 up to November 2007 were systematically searched in Pubmed, Web of Science, TRIS and Geobase. In addition a survey was conducted among members of the European network for the promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA Europe) and European members of the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) to identify published or ongoing studies. Studies were include
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