Innovative playgrounds over a large area encourage parent participation and get the whole family more active, a comparison study shows.
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The research team also compared the patterns of use in eight large one-acre parks located in Central London to eight smaller parks in high-population centres in the U.S. . And to ensure the appropriate representation, parks in ethnically and socio-economically diverse neighbourhoods were included.Article content
There was also a striking difference in how the inner-city parks in London were used, with the percentage of adult visitors in the London playgrounds more than double the number observed in U.S. inner city playgrounds — even when controlling for size. And like the other parks, children, teens and adults were more likely to engage in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity in the London urban parks than in the smaller and more traditionally built parks in the large U.S cities.
The London preference for an open-concept mix of playground and park space, that allows families to cycle in and out of active play, is quite different from the U.S. habit of fencing in their playgrounds or segregating them by age. So, too, is the diversity of equipment in London playgrounds, with most of the innovative parks averaging five more unique features, two more surface types and more water play, loose equipment and seating.
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