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In a nationally representative cohort, we sought to assess the geographic and social distribution of PA facilities and how disparity in access might underlie population-level PA and overweight patterns.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS. Residential locations of US adolescents in wave I (1994\u20131995) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 20745) were geocoded, and a 8.05-km buffer around each residence was drawn (N = 42857 census-block groups [19% of US block groups]). PA facilities, measured by national databases and satellite data, were linked with Geographic Information Systems technology to each respondent. Logistic-regression analyses tested the relationship of PA-related facilities with block-group socioeconomic status (SES) (at the community level) and the subsequent association of facilities with overweight and PA (at the individual level), controlling for population density.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Outcome measures were overweight (BMI \u2265 95th percentile of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\/National Center for Health Statistics growth curves) and achievement of \u22655 bouts per week of moderate-vigorous PA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>RESULTS. Higher-SES block groups had a significantly greater relative odds of having 1 or more facilities. Low-SES and high-minority block groups were less likely to have facilities. Relative to zero facilities per block group, an increasing number of facilities was associated with decreased overweight and increased relative odds of achieving \u22655 bouts per week of moderate-vigorous PA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS. Lower-SES and high-minority block groups had reduced access to facilities, which in turn was associated with decreased PA and increased overweight. Inequality in availability of PA facilities may contribute to ethnic and SES disparities in PA and overweight patterns.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2005-0058","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,2,1]],"date-time":"2006-02-01T14:21:17Z","timestamp":1138803677000},"page":"417-424","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1285,"title":["Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"117","author":[{"given":"Penny","family":"Gordon-Larsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Carolina Population Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melissa C.","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Phil","family":"Page","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Spatial Analysis Unit, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barry M.","family":"Popkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Carolina Population Center"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021120820075578700_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gordon-Larsen P, Adair L, Popkin BM. 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