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Updated: April 4th, 2024 23:31
2022 journal article
Hands-on childcare garden intervention: A randomized controlled trial to assess effects on fruit and vegetable identification, liking, and consumption among children aged 3-5 years in North Carolina
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 13.
author keywords: childcare; gardening; garden intervention; randomized controlled trial; healthy eating; diet; preschool; children
TL;DR:
Children who received the garden intervention showed a greater increase in accurate identification of both fruits and vegetables as well as consumption of both fruit and vegetables during the tasting sessions, and the effects on fruit consumption were greater than on vegetable consumption.
(via Semantic Scholar)
www.frontiersin.org (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 19, 2022
2021 journal article
Research Design, Protocol, and Participant Characteristics of COLEAFS: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Childcare Garden Intervention
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 18(24).
author keywords: children; childcare; gardening; randomized controlled trial; healthy eating; physical activity
MeSH headings : Child; Child Care; Child, Preschool; Fruit; Gardening; Gardens; Health Promotion; Humans; Research Design; Vegetables
TL;DR:
By employing an RCT to examine the effect of a garden intervention on diet and physical activity among young children attending childcare centers within low-income communities, this study offers compelling research design and methods, addresses a critical gap in the empirical literature, and is a step toward evidence-based regulations to promote early childhood healthy habits.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 18, 2022
2020 journal article
A national research agenda supporting green schoolyard development and equitable access to nature
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE, 8(1).
author keywords: Green schoolyards; Education; Policy; Research agenda; Children & nature; Sustainable communities
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 4, 2020
2018 journal article
Outdoor Learning Environments as Active Food Systems: Effectiveness of the Preventing Obesity by Design Gardening Component
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 50(7), S118–S119.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 24, 2020
2016 journal article
Child-Friendly, Active, Healthy Neighborhoods: Physical Characteristics and Children's Time Outdoors
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR, 48(5), 711–736.
Contributors: M. Islam*, n & N. Cosco n
author keywords: children; outdoor activity; built environment; neighborhood design; physical characteristics; developing nation
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Childcare Outdoor Renovation as a Built Environment Health Promotion Strategy: Evaluating the Preventing Obesity by Design Intervention
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION, 28(3), S27–S32.
author keywords: Preschool; Playground; Physical Activity; Behavior Mapping; Built Environment; Prevention Research
MeSH headings : Child Behavior; Child Day Care Centers; Child, Preschool; Environment Design; Faculty; Health Promotion / methods; Humans; Inservice Training / methods; Motor Activity / physiology; North Carolina / epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity / prevention & control; Play and Playthings; Social Behavior; Teaching / methods
TL;DR:
Bearing in mind that preschool health promotion and support change in childcare policy is a key to success for preschool health Promotion, renovation of childcare center outdoors, including looped pathways installation, coupled with teacher training, may support increased PA.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2014 journal article
Park Use Among Youth and Adults: Examination of Individual, Social, and Urban Form Factors
Environment & Behavior, 46(6), 768–800.
Contributors: P. Baran n, W. Smith n, n, M. Floyd n , J. Bocarro n , N. Cosco n , T. Danninger n
author keywords: neighborhood park use; crime; urban form; street connectivity; pedestrian infrastructure
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2011 journal article
Park-Based Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41(3), 258–265.
Contributors: M. Floyd n , J. Bocarro n , W. Smith n, P. Baran n, n, N. Cosco n , M. Edwards* , L. Suau*, K. Fang n
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Motor Activity; Public Facilities / statistics & numerical data; Recreation; Regression Analysis; Residence Characteristics / statistics & numerical data; Sex Factors
TL;DR:
These social factors and design features should be considered in order to stimulate higher levels of park-based physical activity among children and adolescents.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 journal article
Behavior Mapping: A Method for Linking Preschool Physical Activity and Outdoor Design
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, 42(3), 513–519.
Contributors: N. Cosco n , n & M. Islam*
author keywords: CHILDCARE; OUTDOORS; PREVENTION; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIOR CODING
MeSH headings : Child Behavior; Child Day Care Centers; Child, Preschool; Data Collection / standards; Environment Design; Exercise; Humans; North Carolina; Play and Playthings
TL;DR:
Behavior mapping provides a promising method for objectively measuring relationships between physical behavior settings and directly associated activity levels and its sensitivity to gathering physical activity and associated environmental data is demonstrated to affect built environment design policy.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 journal article
Adaptation of the System for Observing Physical Activity and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) to Assess Age Groupings of Children
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH, 6(6), 699–707.
Contributors: J. Bocarro* , M. Floyd* , *, P. Baran, T. Danninger, W. Smith*, N. Cosco*
author keywords: direct observation; children; measurement; reliability; parks
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Age Factors; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Motor Activity; Observation; Play and Playthings; Public Facilities; Recreation
TL;DR:
The reliability of measuring PA among children by segmenting children by 3 age groups was established and this approach is recommended for future studies ofPA among children in parks and other outdoor environments.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 journal article
Reasons to smile at teardrop (Teardrop Park in Manhattan)
Landscape Architecture, 97(12), 136-.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 review
American playgrounds: Revitalizing community space
[Review of ]. Landscape Architecture, 96(4), 134.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2003 journal article
Supporting health through design: Challenges and opportunities
American Journal of Health Promotion, 18(1), 02-.
MeSH headings : Community Health Planning; Environment Design; Health Promotion; Humans; Primary Prevention; United States
TL;DR:
This special issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion highlights the most recent research into how the built environment affects health and what needs to be done to promote physical activity and improve health through affecting social circumstances and environmental conditions.
(via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2002 journal article
Paying attention to the outdoor environment is as important as preparing the indoor environment
Young Children, 57(3), 32–34.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
1997 book
Natural learning: The life history of an environmental schoolyard
Berkeley, Calif.: MIG Communications.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
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