[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 …

Residential or activity space walkability: what drives transportation physical activity?

NA Howell, S Farber, MJ Widener, GL Booth - Journal of transport & health, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The walkability of an individual's neighbourhood of residence is positively
associated with their participation in physical activity. Reported associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Walkability parameters, active transportation and objective physical activity: moderating and mediating effects of motor vehicle ownership in a cross-sectional …

U Eriksson, D Arvidsson, K Gebel, H Ohlsson… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Neighborhood walkability has been associated with physical activity in several
studies. However, as environmental correlates of physical activity may be context specific …

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 …

Active travel despite motorcar access. A city-wide, GIS-based multilevel study on neighborhood walkability and active travel in Germany

M Bödeker, E Finne, J Kerr, J Bucksch - Journal of Transport & Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neighborhood walkability has consistently been associated with utilitarian
walking and total physical activity in non-European studies. However, evidence on …

High neighborhood walkability mitigates declines in middle-to-older aged adults' walking for transport

H Shimura, T Sugiyama… - Journal of physical …, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Neighborhood walkability shows significant positive relationship with residents'
walking for transport in cross-sectional studies. We examined prospective relationships of …

Association between neighbourhood walkability and metabolic risk factors influenced by physical activity: a cross-sectional study of adults in Toronto, Canada

CKJ Loo, M Greiver, B Aliarzadeh, D Lewis - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether neighbourhood walkability is associated with clinical
measures of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia in an urban adult …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood walkability, physical activity, and walking for transportation: A cross-sectional study of older adults living on low income

AM Chudyk, HA McKay, M Winters, J Sims-Gould… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Walking, and in particular, outdoor walking, is the most common form of
physical activity for older adults. To date, no study investigated the association between the …

Neighborhood walkability and active travel (walking and cycling) in New York City

L Freeman, K Neckerman, O Schwartz-Soicher… - Journal of Urban …, 2013 - Springer
Urban planners have suggested that built environment characteristics can support active
travel (walking and cycling) and reduce sedentary behavior. This study assessed whether …

Walk Score and objectively measured physical activity within a national cohort

E Twardzik, S Judd, A Bennett, S Hooker… - J Epidemiol …, 2019 - jech.bmj.com
Background There have been mixed findings regarding the relationship between walkability
and level of physical activity in adults. Methods Participants from The REasons for …