title: Changes in the perceived neighborhood environment in relation to changes in physical activity: A longitudinal study from childhood into adolescence.
abstract: The aim was to investigate how physical activity and the perceived neighborhood environment in children change when they enter adolescence. Also the relation between changes in the perceived environment and changes in children's physical activity was investigated. In total, 321 children and one of their parents filled out a physical activity questionnaire and the NEWS-Y at two time points (last grade of elementary school and 2 years later). Children also wore an activity monitor. Changes in children's physical activity were dependent on the physical activity domain. Only less than half of children's perceived neighborhood factors changed and about half of the parental perceived neighborhood factors changed. Most of these factors changed towards higher activity friendliness. Changes in the perceived environment were only limitedly related to changes in children's physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Egmontstraat 5, Brussels 1000, Belgium. Electronic address: sara.dhaese@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Haese
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: femke.demeester@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Femke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Meester
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: greet.cardon@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cardon
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: ilse.debourdeaudhuij@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Bourdeaudhuij
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: benedicte.deforche@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Benedicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deforche
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Egmontstraat 5, Brussels 1000, Belgium. Electronic address: delfien.vandyck@ugent.be.
authors.forename: Delfien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Dyck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001530:Belgium; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D004779:Environment Design; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescent; Changes; Child; Environment; Neighborhood