@article{79d0f3ae456f40e6a9f6b765a65b831f,
title = "Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study",
abstract = "This study examined relationships among individual demographics, environmental features (e.g., fast food outlet density, park land use) of residential neighborhoods and activity spaces, and weight-related behaviors (diet, physical activity). Participants' movement was tracked for 7 days using global positioning systems (GPS). Two activity space measures (one standard deviation ellipse, daily path area) were derived from the GPS data. Activity spaces were generally larger than residential neighborhoods; environmental features of residential neighborhoods and activity spaces were weakly associated; and some activity space environmental features were related to dietary behaviors. Activity spaces may provide new insights into environmental influences on obesity-related behaviors.",
author = "Zenk, {Shannon N.} and Schulz, {Amy J.} and Matthews, {Stephen A.} and Angela Odoms-Young and Wilbur, {Jo Ellen} and Lani Wegrzyn and Kevin Gibbs and Carol Braunschweig and Carmen Stokes",
note = "Funding Information: The Healthy Environments Partnership (HEP) ( www.hepdetroit.org ) is a community-based participatory research project affiliated with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center ( www.sph.umich.edu/urc ). We thank the members of the HEP Steering Committee for their contributions to the work presented here, including representatives from Brightmoor Community Center, Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, Friends of Parkside, Henry Ford Health System, Warren/Conner Development Coalition, and University of Michigan School of Public Health. The Healthy Environments Partnership is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ( R01ES014234 ) and the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities ( R24MD001619 ). The study was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research ( K01NR010540 ), Midwest Nursing Research Society, and Chicago Center for Excellence in Health Promotion Economics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention P30CD000147; PI: Meltzer), and through funding to HEP from NIEHS (R01ES14234). At the time of writing, L.R. Wegrzyn was supported in part by training grant R25CA098566. The results presented here are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NIEHS, NINR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or any of the other funders. We thank Sarah Barr, Rosa Cabello, Ricardo de Majo, Cindy Gamboa, Susan Hobson, and Tyjuana Ruff for research assistance. We are grateful to Kelly Evenson and David Marquez for their input on accelerometer data collection and/or analysis and Daniel Rodriguez for providing the Spatial Activity Data Processor to analyze the accelerometer data.",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.05.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "17",
pages = "1150--1161",
journal = "Health and Place",
issn = "1353-8292",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "5",
}