Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment

Bettina Bringolf-Isler (), Urs Mäder, Alain Dössegger, Heidi Hofmann, Jardena Puder, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer and Susi Kriemler

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 3, 300 pages

Abstract: Factors related to the language region, which might be culturally rooted were among the strongest correlates of PA and SB among Swiss children, independent of individual, social and environmental factors. Copyright The Author(s) 2015

Keywords: Accelerometer; Childhood physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Socio-cultural differences; Built environment; Socioeconomic neighbourhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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