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Mette Toftager

Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Verified email at health.sdu.dk
Cited by 2820

Factors influencing the use of green space: Results from a Danish national representative survey

J Schipperijn, O Ekholm, UK Stigsdotter… - Landscape and urban …, 2010 - Elsevier
Policy makers in Denmark are increasingly recognising the potential health benefits
associated with green space, in particular with the use of green space. Knowledge on how …

Health promoting outdoor environments-Associations between green space, and health, health-related quality of life and stress based on a Danish national …

UK Stigsdotter, O Ekholm… - … journal of public …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: To investigate the associations between green space and health, health-related
quality of life and stress, respectively. Methods: Data were derived from the 2005 Danish …

Associations between physical activity and characteristics of urban green space

J Schipperijn, P Bentsen, J Troelsen, M Toftager… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2013 - Elsevier
The availability of urban green space (UGS) is one of the environmental factors that is
frequently linked to increased levels of physical activity (PA). Positive associations with …

School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: an individual …

TB Hartwig, T Sanders, D Vasconcellos… - British Journal of …, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To determine if subpopulations of students benefit equally from school-based
physical activity interventions in terms of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity. To …

Distance to green space and physical activity: a Danish national representative survey

M Toftager, O Ekholm… - … of Physical Activity …, 2011 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: This study examines the relationship between distance to green space and the
level of physical activity among the population of Denmark. In addition, the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Correlates of agreement between accelerometry and self-reported physical activity

E Cerin, KL Cain, AL Oyeyemi, N Owen… - Medicine and science …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Understanding factors that influence accurate assessment of physical activity (PA)
and sedentary behavior (SB) is important to measurement development, epidemiologic …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerometer data reduction in adolescents: effects on sample retention and bias

M Toftager, PL Kristensen, M Oliver, S Duncan… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Accelerometry is increasingly being recognized as an accurate and reliable
method to assess free-living physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents. However …

Objectively measured differences in physical activity in five types of schoolyard area

HB Andersen, CD Klinker, M Toftager… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Physical activity (PA) in childhood is related to a multitude of short-and long-term health
consequences. School recess can contribute with up to 40% of the recommended 60 min of …

School site walkability and active school transport–association, mediation and moderation

LB Christiansen, M Toftager, J Schipperijn… - Journal of transport …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing active school transport (AST) can improve population health, but its association
with the urban form is not fully clear. This study investigated the association of an objective …

[HTML][HTML] When cities move children: development of a new methodology to assess context-specific physical activity behaviour among children and adolescents using …

CD Klinker, J Schipperijn, M Toftager, J Kerr… - Health & Place, 2015 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel method to assess context-specific physical activity patterns
using accelerometer and GPS. The method efficiency is investigated by providing …