Mediation analysis of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and greenness, accelerometer-measured physical activity, and health-related fitness in …

L Frehlich, TC Turin, PK Doyle-Baker, JJ Lang… - Preventive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate sex-specific associations (total, direct, and indirect effects) between
objectively measured neighbourhood walkability and greenness and objectively measured …

Neighbourhood walkability and greenspace and their associations with health-related fitness in urban dwelling Canadian adults

L Frehlich, TC Turin, PK Doyle-Baker… - Preventive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Muscular strength and body composition are important components of health-
related fitness (HRF). Grip strength and body fat percent, in particular, are associated with …

Are Neighbourhood Walkability and Greenness Associated with Increased Physical Activity and Better Self-Rated Health? Findings from the Beyond Health Survey of …

P Villeneuve, A Root, N Kumar, S Ambrose… - Journal of Transport & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Several studies have found that features of the built environment, such as
walkability and greenness, are associated with physical activity and health. However, few …

A population-based study of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and different types of physical activity in Canadian men and women

V Nichani, JE Vena, CM Friedenreich, C Christie… - Preventive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Few Canadian studies have examined whether or not associations between neighbourhood
walkability and physical activity differ by sex. We estimated associations between perceived …

Association between neighborhood walkability, cardiorespiratory fitness and body-mass index

CM Hoehner, SL Handy, Y Yan, SN Blair… - Social science & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Many studies have found cross-sectional associations between characteristics of the
neighborhood built environment and physical activity (PA) behavior. However, most are …

Association of perceived and objective neighborhood walkability with accelerometer‐measured physical activity and sedentary time in the Maastricht Study

JA Chan, H Bosma, C Drosinou… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background We investigated the association of neighborhood walkability with accelerometer‐
measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) and examined whether …

Residents of highly walkable neighbourhoods in Canadian urban areas do substantially more physical activity: a cross-sectional analysis

J Thielman, H Manson, M Chiu, R Copes… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Research has shown that neighbourhood walkability is associated with small
differences in physical activity; however, the health impacts of these small differences have …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood walkability: Differential associations with self-reported transport walking and leisure-time physical activity in Canadian towns and cities of all …

J Thielman, L Rosella, R Copes, M Lebenbaum… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate associations between walkability and physical activity during
transportation and leisure in a national-level population. Methods Walkability was measured …

The contribution of area-level walkability to geographic variation in physical activity: a spatial analysis of 95,837 participants from the 45 and Up Study living in Sydney …

DJ Mayne, GG Morgan, BB Jalaludin… - Population Health …, 2017 - Springer
Background Individual-level studies support a positive relation between walkable built
environments and participation in moderate-intensity walking. However, the utility of this …

Associations of local-area walkability with disparities in residents' walking and car use

T Sugiyama, R Cole, MJ Koohsari, M Kynn, JF Sallis… - Preventive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research has examined spatial distribution of physical activity, mostly focusing on between-
area differences by examining associations of area-level walkability measures with physical …