dc.contributor.author |
Smith, Melody |
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dc.contributor.author |
Obolonkin, V |
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dc.contributor.author |
Plank, Lindsay |
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dc.contributor.author |
Iusitini, L |
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dc.contributor.author |
Forsyth, Euan |
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dc.contributor.author |
Stewart, T |
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dc.contributor.author |
Paterson, J |
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dc.contributor.author |
Tautolo, E-S |
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dc.contributor.author |
Savila, Fa'asisila |
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dc.contributor.author |
Rush, E |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-10-29T01:37:33Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019-09 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(18):3375-3375 Sep 2019 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1660-4601 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/48702 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The research aim was to investigate associations between objectively-assessed built environment attributes and metabolic risk in adolescents of Pacific Islands ethnicity, and to consider the possible mediating effect of physical activity and sedentary time. Youth (n = 204) undertook a suite of physical assessments including body composition, blood sampling, and blood pressure measurements, and seven day accelerometry. Objective measures of the neighbourhood built environment were generated around individual addresses. Logistic regression and linear modelling were used to assess associations between environment measures and metabolic health, accounting for physical activity behaviours. Higher pedestrian connectivity was associated with an increase in the chance of having any International Diabetes Federation metabolic risk factors for males only. Pedestrian connectivity was related to fat free mass in males in unadjusted analyses only. This study provides evidence for the importance of pedestrian network connectivity for health in adolescent males. Future research is required to expand the limited evidence in neighbourhood environments and adolescent metabolic health |
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dc.publisher |
MDPI AG |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.title |
The Importance of Pedestrian Network Connectivity for Adolescent Health: A Cross-sectional Examination of Associations between Neighbourhood Built Environments and Metabolic Health in the Pacific Islands Families Birth Cohort Study |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.3390/ijerph16183375 |
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pubs.issue |
18 |
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pubs.begin-page |
3375 |
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pubs.volume |
16 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The authors |
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pubs.end-page |
3375 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
781954 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Nursing |
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pubs.org-id |
Population Health |
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pubs.org-id |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
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pubs.org-id |
Pacific Health |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Surgery Department |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2019-09-24 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
31547304 |
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