Do Weather Variables Predict Physical Activity in Baltimore Teens?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index Click to Register for the meeting now 217125 Do Weather Variables Predict Physical Activity in Baltimore Teens? Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Allison O’Neill, MA , School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Sunmin Lee, ScD, MPH , Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD Alice Fang Yan, MD, PhD , Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX Carolyn Voorhees, MS, PhD , Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD BACKGROUND: Environmental barriers to physical activity (PA) have been reported previously; however most have focused on physical or structural factors, and few have focused on weather. METHODS: Data from 331 predominately urban, African American (70%) teenaged students from the Baltimore Active Living Teens Study (BALTS
