Abstract Background and Objectives Characteristics of a neighborhood's built environment
affect the walking behavior of older people, yet studies typically rely on small …

Background The built environment predicts walking in older adults, but the degree to which
associations between the objective built environment and walking for different purposes are …

The benefits of physical activity on health are widely known. However, the impact of physical
activity on aging-in-place at home for older adults is unclear. Focusing on older adults who …

The aim of this study is to systematically review the relationship between neighborhood
environments and all types of walking behaviors among older adults. Seventy peer …

Past research documents a discordance between perceived and objectively assessed
neighborhood environmental features on walking behavior. Therefore, we examined …

There is a need for greater understanding of how perceptions and objective measures of the
physical environment influence physical activity among seniors. The goal of this study was to …

Walking has significant health and mobility benefits for older adults. Previous environment–
walking studies have focused on neighborhood environments, overlooking proximate site …

A walkable neighborhood becomes particularly important for older adults for whom physical
activity and active transportation are critical for healthy aging-in-place. For many older …

Built environment features can have varying impacts on user behavior depending on the
perceptions of the opportunities and obstacles that the environments create. This study …

The neighbourhood environment may enable active aging by allowing the integration of
walking into an older adult's daily routine. This study explores the relationship between the …