Urban Moveability and physical activity in children: longitudinal results from the IDEFICS and I.Family cohort

• Main Authors: Christoph Buck (Author), Gabriele Eiben (Author), Fabio Lauria (Author), Kenn Konstabel (Author), Angie Page (Author), Wolfgang Ahrens (Author), Iris Pigeot (Author), on behalf of the IDEFICS and the I.Family consortia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) is one of the major protective behaviours to prevent non-communicable diseases. Positive effects of the built environment on PA are well investigated, although evidence of this association is mostly based on cross-sectional studies. The present study aims t...