title: Environmental correlates of children's physical activity and obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the individual, parental, and neighborhood environment correlates of children's physical activity and risk of obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data of 1514 children drawn from the Delaware Survey of Children's Health were used for analysis. A conceptual framework was developed based on the Social Determinants of Health and Environmental Health Promotion model and tested using structural equation modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings confirmed that parental support on physical activity and a favorable neighborhood environment predicted children's physical activity. However, the risk of overweight and obesity was not associated with parental support of physical activity and children's physical activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future preventive practice requires a multifaceted approach incorporating both individual and environmental changes.
authors.affiliation: Nemours Foundation, Division of Health and Prevention Services, Newark, DE, USA. zhaoj@udel.edu.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Barbara H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Settles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004777:Environment; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment