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The environment is integral to encouraging physical activity<ref>Goldstein B. The environment and health:a conversation with CDC chief Jeffrey Koplan; tracing intersections between behaviour and environment fascinates this top health officer. Health Affairs 2002;21:179-184 [Pub Med]</ref>. The built environment is an aspect of the environment that is increasingly receiving research attention.<ref>Sallis JF, Floyd MF, Rodriguez DA, Saelens BE. Role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2012;125(5):729-37</ref> Recommended levels of physical activity can be achieved by including activities such as walking, cycling as part of everyday life. This can be encouraged with a supportive built environment. Public health advocates can help shape the design of cities and suburbs in ways to encourage physical activity. The emphasis on the role of built environment is necessary as encouraging people to be more physically active in an environment that is not supportive is less likely to be effective. | |||
The built environment is defined as the part of the physical environment that is constructed or modified by human activity.<ref>Saelens BE, Handy SL. Built environment correlates of walking: a review. Med Sci Sport Exer. 2008;40(7 Suppl):S550-66.</ref> It includes homes, schools, workplaces, parks or recreation areas, green-ways, business areas and transportation systems.<ref>National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2004 p 2</ref> | |||
In public health, a built environment refers to physical environments that are designed with health and wellness as integral parts of communities and it includes open spaces, footpaths, cycle lanes, parks, trails.<ref>Renalds, A; Smith T; Hale, P (2010). "A Systematic Review of Built Environment And Health". Family and Community Health.'''33:''' 68-78.</ref> | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
The environment is integral to encouraging physical activity[1]. The built environment is an aspect of the environment that is increasingly receiving research attention.[2] Recommended levels of physical activity can be achieved by including activities such as walking, cycling as part of everyday life. This can be encouraged with a supportive built environment. Public health advocates can help shape the design of cities and suburbs in ways to encourage physical activity. The emphasis on the role of built environment is necessary as encouraging people to be more physically active in an environment that is not supportive is less likely to be effective.
The built environment is defined as the part of the physical environment that is constructed or modified by human activity.[3] It includes homes, schools, workplaces, parks or recreation areas, green-ways, business areas and transportation systems.[4]
In public health, a built environment refers to physical environments that are designed with health and wellness as integral parts of communities and it includes open spaces, footpaths, cycle lanes, parks, trails.[5]
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- ↑ Goldstein B. The environment and health:a conversation with CDC chief Jeffrey Koplan; tracing intersections between behaviour and environment fascinates this top health officer. Health Affairs 2002;21:179-184 [Pub Med]
- ↑ Sallis JF, Floyd MF, Rodriguez DA, Saelens BE. Role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2012;125(5):729-37
- ↑ Saelens BE, Handy SL. Built environment correlates of walking: a review. Med Sci Sport Exer. 2008;40(7 Suppl):S550-66.
- ↑ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2004 p 2
- ↑ Renalds, A; Smith T; Hale, P (2010). "A Systematic Review of Built Environment And Health". Family and Community Health.33: 68-78.
