Perceived neighborhood safety related to physical activity but not recreational screen-based sedentary behavior in adolescents

• Main Authors: Clare M. Lenhart (Author), Andrew Wiemken (Author), Alexandra Hanlon (Author), Mackenzie Perkett (Author), Freda Patterson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A growing proportion of adolescents have poor cardiovascular health behaviors, including low levels of physical activity and high levels of sedentary behavior, thus increasing the likelihood of poor heart health in later years. This study tested the hypothesis that low perceived...