Background Unlike leisure time physical activity, knowledge of the socioeconomic
determinants of active transport is limited, research on this topic has produced mixed and …

Background: Neighborhood walkability shows significant positive relationship with residents'
walking for transport in cross-sectional studies. We examined prospective relationships of …

Background The neighbourhood built environment (BE) provides opportunities for regular
walking for transport (WfT). Within the same city, age differences in WfT can vary significantly …

Introduction Walking as regular physical activity (PA) is central to healthy aging, and
environments influence walking. Multilevel neighborhood-based studies that only report …

Background Physical activity, particularly walking, is greatly beneficial to health; yet a
sizeable proportion of older adults are insufficiently active. The importance of built …

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 …

Background Purposeful or utilitarian walking may allow a time-efficient, low cost
accumulation of physical activity. While constructing a built environment that supports …

Background People with a low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be physically
inactive than their higher status counterparts, however, the mechanisms underlying this …

We examined the mediating role of physical activity on the relationships of walkability with
Flemish older adults' health outcomes. In low income neighborhoods, residents of high …

Neighborhood built environments may play an important role in shaping mobility and
subsequent health outcomes. However, little work includes broader mobility considerations …