Individual- and community-level neighbor relationships and physical activity among older Japanese adults living in a metropolitan area: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Individual- and community-level neighbor relationships and physical activity among older Japanese adults living in a metropolitan area: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis

Abstract Background Informal neighbor relationships (NRs) are considered a structural aspect of social relationships. Although NRs might affect physical activity (PA), no previous study has simultaneously examined compositional and contextual associations of NRs with PA. In this study, we examined w...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Seino, Akihiko Kitamura, Mariko Nishi, Yui Tomine, Izumi Tanaka, Yu Taniguchi, Yuri Yokoyama, Hidenori Amano, Miki Narita, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Shoji Shinkai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Subjects:
Physical activity
Sitting time
Sedentary behavior
Social relationships
Social capital
Older adults
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-018-0679-z

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