Buck, Christoph, et al. “Assessing Opportunities For Physical Activity In The Built Environment Of Children: Interrelation Between Kernel Density And Neighborhood Scale.” International Journal Of Health Geographics 14.(2015): 1-16.Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

This Article is about the possibilities for improvement to the physical habits of children through changes to the environments they live in. The Article’s analysis is based off of data obtained the IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS study) a multicenter study, conducted from 2006 to 2012, to investigate lifestyle- and nutrition-related diseases and disorders in over 16,000 2-to 9.9-year-old children from eight European countries. The data of 448 of the children was used for the purposes of the article, with physical activity being measured through accelerometers that the children wore. The study found that when public transit and open public spaces were readily available the physical activity levels of the children was noticeably higher, indicating a positive relationship between the availability of said factors and physical activity. The article also noted that because of variances between subgroups such as age and gender that without properly tracking those variances the study might have become flawed.