Analysis of the impact of urban summer high temperatures and outdoor activity duration on residents' emotional health: Taking hostility as an example. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 The combined effect of global warming and the heat island effect keeps the temperature of cities rising in the summer, seriously threatening the physical and mental health of urban residents.
Huang H, Li Y, Zhao Y, Zhai W.
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Outdoor Activity Associated with Higher Self-Reported Emotional Well-Being During COVID-19. [PDF]
Ecohealth, 2022 Shifts in activity patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic might have impacted the benefits of outdoor activities for mental health. By leveraging an existing mobile application, we collected self-reported data on daily outdoor activities, emotional well ...
Fernandez MP +5 more
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Outdoor Activity Participation Improves Adolescents' Mental Health and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 COVID-19 is reshaping human interactions with the natural environment, potentially generating profound consequences for health and well-being. To assess the effects of COVID-19 on the outdoor recreation participation and subjective well-being of ...
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Prevalence of insufficient outdoor activity and caregiver-related correlates among school-aged children in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundDaily outdoor activity time among school-age children worldwide is on a downward trend. This study updated the daily outdoor activity status of Chinese school-age children and analyzed the factors associated with insufficient outdoor activity ...
Liyu Huang +9 more
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Associations of outdoor activity and screen time with adiposity: findings from rural Chinese adolescents with relatively low adiposity risks. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Whether and to what extent outdoor activity and screen time are relevant to adiposity among rural adolescents remain largely unknown as most of relevant evidence was generated from high-income countries and urban areas.
Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li J, Zhong H, Pan CW.
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The Effects of Risk Perceptions Related to Particulate Matter on Outdoor Activity Satisfaction in South Korea. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 In recent years, the Korean public has become aware of the form of air pollution known as particulate matter, with a consequent growth of public anxiety causing a negative risk perception about outdoor activity.
Kim B, Yoon EJ, Kim S, Lee DK.
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Associations of Green Spaces and Streets in the Living Environment with Outdoor Activity, Media Use, Overweight/Obesity and Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Aspects of the living environment can affect health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. Whereas most previous studies assessed the more distant residential urban environment, less is known on possible effects of the close environment.
Poulain T +8 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2017 Background The near work and outdoor activity are the most important environmental risk factors for myopia. However, data from Chinese rural children are relatively rare and remain controversial.
Zhong Lin +8 more
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The Effect of Outdoor Activity Intention on Depressive Mood: The Mediating Role of Outdoor Activity Frequency. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel)Background: With rapid urbanization, mental health challenges such as depression and emotional distress are becoming increasingly common. Contact with natural environments has been shown to improve mental health, yet most studies focus on direct associations between environmental exposure and mental health.
Yu F, Lu C, Guo Z.
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Association of serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D with Vitamin D intervention and outdoor activity among children in North China: an observational study. [PDF]
BMC Pediatr, 2020 Background Living at high latitudes is one of the risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in children. However, evidence on vitamin D improvement for this pediatric population to date is limited.
Zhang X +8 more
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