Building evidence to reduce inequities in youth physical activity and obesity: Introduction to the Physical Activity Research Center (PARC) Special Section

James F Sallis; Nisha Botchwey; Myron F Floyd; Keshia M Pollack Porter; M Renée Umstattd Meyer; J Aaron Hipp; Anna Kim; Terry L Conway

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105767

Building evidence to reduce inequities in youth physical activity and obesity: Introduction to the Physical Activity Research Center (PARC) Special Section

Prev Med. 2019 Dec:129:105767. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105767.

Authors

James F Sallis¹, Nisha Botchwey², Myron F Floyd³, Keshia M Pollack Porter⁴, M Renée Umstattd Meyer⁵, J Aaron Hipp³, Anna Kim⁶, Terry L Conway⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0631, La Jolla, CA 92093-0631, USA. Electronic address: jsallis@ucsd.edu.
² School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 245 4th Street, NW, Suite 204, Atlanta, GA 30332-0155, USA.
³ Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, NC State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 380A, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97343, Waco, TX 76798-7343, USA.
⁶ School of Public Affairs, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4505, USA.
⁷ Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0631, La Jolla, CA 92093-0631, USA.

PMID: 31739908
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105767

Abstract

This guest editorial introduces the rationale and goals of the Physical Activity Research Center. It provides an overview of the five papers in this Special Section plus six commissioned studies intended to inform advocacy efforts.

Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Ethnicity; Exercise; Health equity; Race; Rural.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Exercise / physiology*
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Obesity / prevention & control*