{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,15]],"date-time":"2025-10-15T17:42:19Z","timestamp":1760550139941},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Human Kinetics","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec sec-type=\"background\"><jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Proximity to urban green spaces (UGS) and open sports spaces (OSS) benefits health, promotes physical activity (PA) and sports practice (SP).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"objective\"><jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Analyze the association between PA or SP according to distances between UGS or OSS and teenagers\u2019 residences or schools.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We evaluated 1333 (53.9% girls) teenagers (13 years old) living and studying in Porto, Portugal (EPITeen cohort). PA was classified as light or moderate\/vigorous. Distances were the shortest routes from residences or schools to UGS\/OSS, and classified in \u2264250 m; &gt;250 m to \u2264500 m; &gt;500 m to \u2264750 m; &gt;750 m. Chi-square test and chi-square for trends were used to compare proportions; associations were measured using logistic regression, through odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals, adjusting to BMI and parental education.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Regarding vicinity\u2019 of schools, the prevalence of moderate\/vigorous PA among boys, decreases as distances to OSS increases. For girls, the prevalence of sports decreases as distances to UGS increase. For boys, we found an association between moderate\/vigorous PA and proximity to OSS in the vicinity of schools: considering \u2264250 m as reference, the odds of moderate\/vigorous PA is 0.20 (0.06\u20130.63) for &gt;250 m to \u2264500 m; 0.21 (0.07\u20130.61) for &gt;500 m to \u2264750 m and 0.19 (0.06\u20130.58) for &gt;750 m.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Vicinities of schools seem to influence teenagers to be more physically active and increase sports participation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1123\/jpah.2015-0735","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,10,24]],"date-time":"2016-10-24T13:43:53Z","timestamp":1477316633000},"page":"67-75","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Vicinity of Schools, But Not of Residences, Seems to Regulate Physical and Sports Activities of 13-Year-Old Teenagers in a South European Setting"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Alexandre","family":"Magalh\u00e3es","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Elisabete","family":"Ramos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Maria F\u00e1tima","family":"Pina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"100","container-title":["Journal of Physical Activity and Health"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jpah\/14\/1\/article-p67.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/downloadpdf\/journals\/jpah\/14\/1\/article-p67.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]],"date-time":"2022-05-19T22:17:45Z","timestamp":1652998665000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jpah\/14\/1\/article-p67.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/jpah.2015-0735","relation":{},"ISSN":["1543-3080","1543-5474"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1543-3080","type":"print"},{"value":"1543-5474","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,1]]}}}