Assessment of outdoor school environments and physical activity in Ankara's primary schools

By A. Ozdemir, Oguzhan Yilmaz. 2008

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Nature as a Moderator of Stress in Urban Children (2012, background): “…only a few studies evaluating the influence that nature existing in the school environment has on children´s wellbeing, the evidence shows that when playgrounds are more natural, children are healthier (Ozdemir & Yilmaz, 2008), they play more and their activities are more diverse (Lindholm, 1995).”
A comparative study of active play on differently designed playgrounds (2013, background): “…play areas (Bailey et al., 1995; Barbour, 1999; Cullen, 1993; Dowda, Pate, Trost, Almeida, & Sirard, 2004; Dyment, Bell, & Lucas, 2009; Fjørtoft, 2001, 2004, 2009; Hart, 1993; Hart & Sheehan, 1986; Louca-Mai, Gibb, Henshall, & Lewis, 2008; Ozdemir & Yilmaz, 2008; Shim, Herwig, & Shelley, 2001).”
Walking to school: Community design and child and parent barriers (2011, background): “Students who walk to school have been found to have fewer problems with excess weight, measured as lower Body Mass Indices (BMIs; Ozdemir & Yilmaz, 2008; Rosenberg, Sallis, Conway, Cain, & McKenzie, 2006).”
Nature as children's space: A systematic review (2017, background): “School grounds were examined to determine whether this influenced children’s perceptions of nature (Ozdemir & Yilmaz, 2008).”