Factors Predicting the Capacity of Los Angeles City-Region Recreation Programs to Promote Energy Expenditure

Authors

Kim D. Reynolds, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow
Nicholas Dahmann, University of Southern California
Jennifer Wolch, University of California at Berkeley
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, San Diego State University
Genevieve Dunton, University of Southern California
Diana Rudulph '13, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow

Student Co-author

CGU Graduate

Document Type

Article

Department

Community and Global Health (CGU)

Publication Date

2014

Disciplines

Health Policy | Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion | Sports Sciences

Abstract

An audit of recreation programs with moderate or higher levels of physical activity (PA) in Los Angeles area cities (N=82) was conducted using internet, telephone, and survey methods. Metabolic Equivalents (METs) were used to code programs׳ physical activity intensity. MET-hours per recreation program was associated with required age for enrollment, percent of residents >64 years of age, and fiscal capacity of cities. Capacity to promote energy expenditure may depend on targeted age groups, age of population, and municipal fiscal capacity. Cities with lower fiscal capacity might offer those higher MET-hour activities which require less specialized equipment and seek outside funding to offer higher MET programs.

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© 2014 Elsevier

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DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.008

Recommended Citation

Reynolds, K. D., N. Dahmann, J. Wolch, P. Joassart-Marcelli, G. Dunton, D. Rudulph, J. Newell, J. Thayer and M. Jerrett Factors predicting the capacity of Los Angeles city-region recreation programs to promote energy expenditure. Health Place 28C: 67-72, 2014