What is the association between healthy weight in 4-5-year-old children and spatial access to purposefully constructed play areas?

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Childhood obesity is a global issue. Understanding associated factors is essential in designing interventions to reduce its prevalence. There are knowledge gaps concerning the leptogenic potential of play areas for very young children and particularly whether there is an association between levels of childhood obesity and play area quality.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Health Place

Title: Health & place

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-2054

ISSN (Print): 1353-8292

Publication date (Electronic): May 15 2017

Volume: 46

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[1 ] Primary Care and Population Science Academic Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK. Electronic address: r.poole@soton.ac.uk.

[2 ] Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. Electronic address: g.moon@soton.ac.uk.

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Publisher Item ID: S1353-8292(16)30351-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.05.012

PubMed ID: 28525800

SO-VID: 094e6dbd-0dd7-4437-a9e6-af58ccc8fc50

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