Many agree that increasing physical activity will improve public health. This paper reports on
empirical findings on the relationship between the density of the residential environment …

Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present
global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic …

Summary The Lancet Commission on Obesity (LCO), also known as the “syndemic
commission,” states that radical changes are required to harness the common drivers of …

Physical inactivity is one of the most common and persistent contributors to poor health in
the world. It is defined as the failure to achieve the minimum recommended physical activity …

Use of wearable devices that monitor physical activity is projected to increase more than
fivefold per half-decade. We investigated how device-based physical activity energy …

This chapter reports that street connectivity is positively correlated with physical activity for
adults but negatively linked with physical activity for children. It also discusses a paradigm …

This qualitative study investigated why women of low socio-economic status (SES) are less
physically active than women of higher-SES. Semi-structured interviews were conducted …

Background Obesity is a major health issue and an important public health target for urban
design. However, the evidence for identifying the optimum residential density in relation to …

The association between physical activity and human disease has not been examined using
commercial devices linked to electronic health records. Using the electronic health records …

Assessing movement over 24 hours increases our understanding of the total physical activity
level and its patterns. In the FinHealth 2017 Survey, a population-based health examination …