Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study

E Cerin, JF Sallis, D Salvo, E Hinckson… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
An essential characteristic of a healthy and sustainable city is a physically active population.
Effective policies for healthy and sustainable cities require evidence-informed quantitative …

Older people and nature: the benefits of outdoors, parks and nature in light of COVID-19 and beyond–where to from here?

P Levinger, E Cerin, C Milner, KD Hill - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on people's health and wellbeing
globally. In the pandemic, parks, gardens and other local green spaces have been …

Built environment, physical activity, and obesity: findings from the international physical activity and environment network (IPEN) adult study

JF Sallis, E Cerin, J Kerr, MA Adams… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Creating more physical activity–supportive built environments is recommended by the World
Health Organization for controlling noncommunicable diseases. The IPEN (International …

Development of hippocampal–prefrontal cortex interactions through adolescence

FJ Calabro, VP Murty, M Jalbrzikowski… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Significant improvements in cognitive control occur from childhood through adolescence,
supported by the maturation of prefrontal systems. However, less is known about the neural …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between the physical environment and park-based physical activity: a systematic review

R Zhang, H Wulff, Y Duan, P Wagner - Journal of sport and health science, 2019 - Elsevier
Background With an increase in the evidence for the associations between park-based
physical activity (PA) and physical environments (especially park and neighborhood …

[HTML][HTML] Street view environments are associated with the walking duration of pedestrians: The case of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

J Liu, D Ettema, M Helbich - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Different aspects of the built and natural environment appear related to people's walking
behavior. State-of-the-art transport studies typically incorporate built environmental …

Disparities in city-wide park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Atlanta, Georgia

J Fernandez, K Melcher, Y Song, S Rezaeimalek… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Access to parks is important for a population's mental, physical, and social health. The
importance of parks became even more apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic when …

Change in walking steps and association with built environments during the COVID-19 state of emergency: A longitudinal comparison with the first half of 2019 in …

K Hino, Y Asami - Health & place, 2021 - Elsevier
In Japan, a state of emergency (SoE) was declared in early April 2020 until late May in
response to the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This longitudinal study …

The urban built environment and adult BMI, obesity, and diabetes in Latin American cities

C Anza-Ramirez, M Lazo, JH Zafra-Tanaka… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Latin America is the world's most urbanized region and its heterogeneous urban
development may impact chronic diseases. Here, we evaluated the association of built …

[HTML][HTML] Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries

S Fernández-Barrés, O Robinson, S Fossati… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Urban environmental design is increasingly considered influential for health
and wellbeing, but evidence is mostly based on adults and single exposure studies. We …