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Understanding Physical Activity Environmental Correlates: Increased Specificity for Ecological Models

2005; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00003677-200510000-00005

1538-3008

Billie Giles‐Corti, Anna Timperio, Fiona Bull, Terri Pikora,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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.