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SUBMITTER: Stewart OT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4783178 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Health & place 20160201
Public parks are promoted as places that support physical activity (PA), but evidence of how park visitation contributes to overall PA is limited. This study observed adults living in the Seattle metropolitan area (n=671) for one week using accelerometer, GPS, and travel diary. Park visits, measured both objectively (GPS) and subjectively (travel diary), were temporally linked to accelerometer-measured PA. Park visits occurred at 1.4 per person-week. Participants who visited parks at least once ...[more]