Is the perceived neighborhood built environment associated with domain-specific physical activity in Latin American adults? An eight-country observational study

• Main Authors: Gerson Ferrari (Author), André Oliveira Werneck (Author), Danilo Rodrigues da Silva (Author), Irina Kovalskys (Author), Georgina Gómez (Author), Attilio Rigotti (Author), Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria (Author), Martha Yépez García (Author), Rossina G. Pareja (Author), Marianella Herrera-Cuenca (Author), Ioná Zalcman Zimberg (Author), Viviana Guajardo (Author), Michael Pratt (Author), Carlos Cristi-Montero (Author), Fernando Rodríguez-Rodríguez (Author), Adilson Marques (Author), Ester Cerin (Author), Delfien Van Dyck (Author), Carlos Pires (Author), Mauro Fisberg (Author), on behalf of the ELANS Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Characteristics of the neighborhood built environment are associated with physical activity (PA). However, few studies with representative samples have examined environmental correlates of domain-specific PA in Latin America. We examined the associations of the perceived neighbor...