大规模的体育活动数据揭示了全球体育活动的不平等
Tim Althoff1, Rok Sosič1, Jennifer L Hicks2
1Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Nature
|July 11, 2017
概括
全球每年都有数以百万计的死因. 这项研究揭示了活动不平等, 不仅仅是平均体积,
科学领域:
- 全球健康
- 流行病学
- 城市规划
背景情况:
- 每年造成530多万人死亡.
- 全球范围内缺乏关于自由生活的体力活动模式的大规模数据.
- 智能手机为全球体力活动测量提供了一种新的工具.
研究的目的:
- 通过智能手机加速度测量来调查全球的身体活动模式.
- 分析活动不平等,肥胖和建筑环境之间的关系.
- 了解身体活动中的性别差异及其决定因素.
主要方法:
- 在111个国家使用了6800万天的体力活动数据集.
- 使用智能手机加速度计进行大规模的现实活动监控.
- 与城市可行性数据相关的活动分布,不平等指标和肥胖率.
主要成果:
- 在各国体育活动分布方面观察到显著的不平等.
- 活动不平等, 而不是平均体积, 是人口肥胖的强大预测因素.
- 减少女性的体力活动有助于整体活动不平等.
- 更高的城市可行性与更小的性别活动差距和减少的不平等相关.
- 在不同的人口群体,尤其是女性中,可行走的环境促进了更多的体力活动.
结论:
- 解决身体活动不平等问题对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 城市规划和促进可步行环境可以缓解健康差异.
- 借助智能手机等技术, 实现全球范围内的健康研究和政策制定.
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