The concordance of directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes and physical activity adoption

• Main Authors: O'Connor Daniel P (Author), Medina Ashley (Author), Mama Scherezade K (Author), McAlexander Kristen M (Author), Lee Rebecca E (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>Physical activity (PA) adoption is essential for obesity prevention and control, yet ethnic minority women report lower levels of PA and are at higher risk for obesity and its comorbidities compared to Caucasians. Epidemiological studies and ecologic...