Browsing Norges idrettshøgskole by Subject "environment"

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    • Built environment and physical activity: Domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents 

      da Sliva, Inacio C. M.; Hino, Adriano Akira; Lopes, Adalberto; Ekelund, Ulf; Brage, Søren; Goncalves, Helen; Menezes, Ana; Reis, Rodriogo S.; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-03)
      Background: Physical activity is likely to be determined as a complex interplay between personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Studying the built environment involves expanding the focus from the individual ...

    • Heritability of objectively assessed daily physical activity and sedentary behavior 

      den Hoed, Marcel; Brage, Søren; Zhao, Jing Hua; Westgate, Kate; Nessa, Ayrun; Ekelund, Ulf; Spector, Tim D.; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Loos, Ruth J. F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-18)
      Background: Twin and family studies that estimated the heritability of daily physical activity have been limited by poor measurement quality and a small sample size. Objective: We examined the heritability of daily ...

    • Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countries 

      Sallis, James F.; Bowles, Heather R.; Bauman, Adrian; Ainsworth, Barbara E.; Bull, Fiona C.; Craig, Cora L.; Sjöström, Michael; de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Lefevre, Johan; Matsudo, Victor; Matsudo, Sandra; Macfarlane, Duncan J.; Gomez, Luis Fernando; Inoue, Shigeru; Murase, Norio; Volbekiene, Vida; McLean, Grant; Carr, Harriette; Klasson-Heggebø, Lena; Tomten, Heidi; Bergman, Patrick (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-06)
      Background: Understanding environmental correlates of physical activity can inform policy changes. Surveys were conducted in 11 countries using the same self-report environmental variables and the International Physical ...

    • Physical activity and safety from crime among adults: a systematic review 

      Da Silva, Inacio C. M.; Payne, Valerie L. C.; Hino, Adriano Akira; Varela, Andrea Ramirez; Reis, Rodrigo S.; Ekelund, Ulf; Hallal, Pedro C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: The aim of this study was to review the evidence to date on the association between physical activity and safety from crime. Methods: Articles with adult populations of 500+ participants investigating the ...

    • A positive legacy – against all odds: Olympic facilities at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games 

      Hanstad, Dag Vidar; Lesjø, Jon Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The aim of this study is to explore the concept of legacy in mega sporting events. More precisely, it examines how one of the smallest cities to host the Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer in 1994, more than 25 years after ...

    • Sustainability comes to life: Nature-based adventure tourism in Norway 

      Rosenberg, Axel; Radmann, Aage; Lynch, Philippa Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper investigates how tourists and guides perform sustainability during adventure tourism trips in natural environments. The paper draws on empirical data from an ethnographic study of five different multi-day trips ...

    • ‘Winter children’ : an ethnographically inspired study of children being-and-becoming well-versed in snow and ice 

      Sanderud, Jostein Rønning; Gurholt, Kirsti Pedersen; Moe, Vegard Fusche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      For many children living in Northern and mountainous regions of the world, playing in snow is enticing and connotes childhood for many adults. Even so, researchers have paid little attention to children’s play in/with snow ...