Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity.
Barbara B. Brown,Ikuho Yamada,Ken R. Smith,Ken R. Smith,Cathleen D. Zick,Lori Kowaleski-Jones,Jessie X. Fan +6 more
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Generalized estimating equations, conducted on 5000 randomly chosen licensed drivers aged 25-64 in Salt Lake County, Utah, relate lower BMIs to older neighborhoods, components of a 6-category land use entropy score, and nearby light rail stops to healthy weight.About:
This article is published in Health & Place.The article was published on 2009-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 267 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Walkability & Land use.read more
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Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities.
Mark Stevenson,Mark Stevenson,Jason Thompson,Jason Thompson,Thiago Hérick de Sá,Reid Ewing,Dinesh Mohan,Roderick John McClure,Roderick John McClure,Ian Roberts,Geetam Tiwari,Billie Giles-Corti,Xiaoduan Sun,Mark Wallace,James Woodcock +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a health impact assessment framework to estimate the population health effects arising from alternative land-use and transport policy initiatives in six cities, including Melbourne, London, and Boston.
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Built Environment Influences on Healthy Transportation Choices: Bicycling versus Driving
TL;DR: Findings indicate that the built environment has a significant influence on healthy travel decisions, and spatial context is important, and future research should explicitly consider relevant spatial zones when investigating the relationship between physical activity and urban form.
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Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project
Joreintje D. Mackenbach,Harry Rutter,Sofie Compernolle,Ketevan Glonti,Jean-Michel Oppert,Jean-Michel Oppert,Hélène Charreire,Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij,Johannes Brug,Giel Nijpels,Jeroen Lakerveld +10 more
TL;DR: With the exception of urban sprawl and land use mix in the US the results of the current review confirm that the available research does not allow robust identification of ways in which that physical environment influences adult weight status, even after taking into account methodological quality.
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How important is the land use mix measure in understanding walking behaviour? Results from the RESIDE study.
Hayley Christian,Fiona Bull,Nicholas Middleton,Matthew Knuiman,Mark L. Divitini,Paula Hooper,Anura Amarasinghe,Billie Giles-Corti +7 more
TL;DR: This study examined different entropy based computations of land use mix used in the development of walkability indices (WIs) and their association with walking behaviour to provide an important first step towards developing a context-specific WI that is associated with recreational walking.
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Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities: urban design, transport, and health 2
Mark Stevenson,Jason Thompson,T Hérick de Sá,Reid Ewing,Dinesh Mohan,Roderick John McClure,Ian Roberts,Geetam Tiwari,Billie Giles-Corti,X Sun,Mark Wallace,James Woodcock +11 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that government policies need to actively pursue land-use elements-particularly a focus towards compact cities-that support a modal shift away from private motor vehicles towards walking, cycling, and low-emission public transport.
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