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Understanding physical activity environmental correlates: Increased specificity for ecological models

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EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 175-181

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200510000-00005

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built environment; walking; physical activity; ecological models; environment; environmental attributes; review

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Ecological models are now used to understand the complex array of factors that influence physical activity, resulting in a greater emphasis on environmental correlates. This selective review examines whether the predictive capacity of these models could be improved if behavior-specific measures of the environment were used to predict context-specific behaviors.

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