Open AccessExamining weather-related factors on physical activity levels of children from rural communities
Author(s) -
Brenton Button,
Tayyab Shah,
Andrew Clark,
Piotr Wilk,
Jason Gilliland
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00324-3
Subject(s) - physical activity , psychology , geography , environmental health , environmental science , medicine , physical therapy
The objective was to examine the influence of weather on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and light physical activity (LPA) levels of children aged 8-14 years from rural communities, an understudied Canadian population.