Resumen de Park access affects physical activity:: new evidence from geolocated Twitter data analysis
Chuo Lia, Jing Zhao, Junjun Yinc, Guangqing Chi
This study analysed the association between park access and phy-sical activity in an urban context by extracting tweets from the social media platform Twitter. The results show that areas within a 0.5-mile distance to a park correlate with more physical activity than areas farther than that. Park type might be an essential med-iator for the correlation between park size and physical activity. This study suggests that geolocated Twitter data are a viable source of information for researchers inquiring about factors related to urban open space that can contribute to public health.
