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Linking objectively measured physical activity with objectively measured urban form: findings from SMARTRAQ.
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The hypothesis that community design is significantly associated with moderate levels of physical activity is supported and the rationale for the development of policy that promotes increased levels of land-use mix, street connectivity, and residential density as interventions that can have lasting public health benefits is supported.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2005-02-01. It has received 1400 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Walkability & Quartile.read more
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An ecological approach to creating active living communities.
James F. Sallis,Robert Cervero,William Ascher,Karla A. Henderson,M. Katherine Kraft,Jacqueline Kerr +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that multilevel interventions based on ecological models and targeting individuals, social environments, physical environments, and policies must be implemented to achieve population change in physical activity.
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Many Pathways from Land Use to Health: Associations between Neighborhood Walkability and Active Transportation, Body Mass Index, and Air Quality
Lawrence D. Frank,James F. Sallis,Terry L. Conway,James E. Chapman,Brian E. Saelens,William Bachman +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the association between a single index of walkability that incorporated land use mix, street connectivity, net residential density, and retail floor area ratios, with health-related outcomes in King County, Washington.
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Measuring the Built Environment for Physical Activity: State of the Science
TL;DR: This first comprehensive examination of built-environment measures demonstrates considerable progress over the past decade, showing diverse environmental variables available that use multiple modes of assessment.
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Healthy nutrition environments: concepts and measures.
TL;DR: The authors provide a conceptual model of a healthy nutrition environment, then review the types of measures required to assess various aspects of this environment.
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The development of a walkability index: application to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Study
Lawrence D. Frank,James F. Sallis,Brian E. Saelens,Lauren Leary,Kelli L. Cain,Terry L. Conway,Paul M. Hess +6 more
TL;DR: An integrated index for operationalising walkability using parcel-level information is proposed based on transportation and urban planning literatures, which supports a link between neighbourhood built environment and physical activity.
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Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine
Russell R. Pate,Michael Pratt,Steven N. Blair,William L. Haskell,Caroline A. Macera,Claude Bouchard,David Buchner,Walter H. Ettinger,Gregory W. Heath,Abby C. King,Andrea M. Kriska,Arther S. Leon,Bess H. Marcus,Jeremy N. Morris,Ralph S. Paffenbarger,Kevin Patrick,Michael L. Pollock,James Rippe,James F. Sallis,Jack H. Wilmore +19 more
TL;DR: Every US adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week.
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Travel demand and the 3ds: density, diversity, and design
Robert Cervero,Kara M. Kockelman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how the built environment affects trip rates and mode choice of residents in the San Francisco Bay Area using 1990 travel diary data and land-use records obtained from the U.S. census, regional inventories, and field surveys.
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Calibration of the Computer Science and Applications, Inc. accelerometer.
TL;DR: These data provide a template on which patterns of activity can be classified into intensity levels using the CSA accelerometer, and help to predict energy expenditure at any treadmill speed.
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Environmental correlates of walking and cycling: Findings from the transportation, urban design, and planning literatures
TL;DR: In this article, neighborhood environment characteristics proposed to be relevant to walking/cycling for transport are defined, including population density, connectivity, and land use mix, with evidence suggesting that residents from communities with higher density, greater connectivity and more land-use mix report higher rates of walking and cycling for utilitarian purposes than low-density, poorly connected, and single land use neighborhoods.
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Physical Activity and Public Health
TL;DR: Further explanation is required of Dr Pate and colleagues' Figures 1 and 2 and the recommendation's contradiction with research that supports more vigorous activity, as well as their Figure 1, which shows a diminishing return in health benefit with increasing exercise level.