Cycling as a part of daily life: a review of health perspectives

T Götschi, J Garrard, B Giles-Corti - Transport Reviews, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Health aspects of day-to-day cycling have gained attention from the health sector aiming to
increase levels of physical activity, and from the transport and planning sector, to justify …

Neighborhood environment and physical activity among youth: a review

D Ding, JF Sallis, J Kerr, S Lee… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Research examining the association between environmental attributes and
physical activity among youth is growing. An updated review of literature is needed to …

Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

D Mozaffarian, A Afshin, NL Benowitz, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

[HTML][HTML] Built environment correlates of walking: a review

BE Saelens, SL Handy - Medicine and science in sports and …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Method Included in this review were 13 reviews published between 2002 and 2006 and 29
original studies published in 2005 and up through May 2006. Results were summarized …

Measuring the built environment for physical activity: state of the science

RC Brownson, CM Hoehner, K Day, A Forsyth… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Physical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the US and
internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the …

The built environment and obesity: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence

J Feng, TA Glass, FC Curriero, WF Stewart… - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
We completed a systematic search of the epidemiologic literature on built environment and
obesity and identified 63 relevant papers, which were then evaluated for the quality of …

Parental barriers to active transport to school: a systematic review

MJ Aranda-Balboa, FJ Huertas-Delgado… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives We aimed to systematically review parental barriers towards children and
adolescents' active transport to school (ATS) in the scientific literature and to provide a …

Built environments and obesity in disadvantaged populations

GS Lovasi, MA Hutson, M Guerra… - Epidemiologic …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In the United States, health disparities in obesity and obesity-related illnesses have
been the subject of growing concern. To better understand how obesity-related health …

Physical activity and food environments: solutions to the obesity epidemic

JF Sallis, K Glanz - The Milbank Quarterly, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Context: Environmental, policy, and societal changes are important contributors to the rapid
rise in obesity over the past few decades, and there has been substantial progress toward …

Barriers and facilitators of physical activity participation in adolescent girls: a systematic review of systematic reviews

K Duffey, A Barbosa, S Whiting, R Mendes… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Persistent low physical activity (PA) levels among adolescent girls constitute a
public health concern that calls for immediate and evidence-based policy action. This …