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Walking to Public Transit: Steps to Help Meet Physical Activity Recommendations

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Walking to and from public transportation can help physically inactive populations, especially low-income and minority groups, attain the recommended level of daily physical activity.
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This article is published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2005-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 643 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surgeon general & Public transport.

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Exercise and exercise intentions among obese and overweight individuals

TL;DR: The relationship between exercise stage and decisional balance in overweight and obese individuals seeking advanced practice nurse (APN) care and most respondents believed the pros of exercise outweighed the cons, and as the pros increased, so did the likelihood of exercising.
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An evaluation of transport mode shift policies on transport-related physical activity through simulations based on random forests.

TL;DR: A simulation method developed showed a significant increase in transport-related physical activity in case the intended mode shifts in the Ile-de-France Urban Mobility Plan were realized, making it a useful tool to anticipate the health impact of transport interventions or policies.
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The effectiveness of active travel initiatives in Irish provincial towns: an evaluation of a quasi-experimental natural experiment

Barry Lambe
TL;DR: This thesis is comprised of a series of quasi-experimental designed intervention studies that adopted a mixed methods approach to assess the impact of community-wide active travel initiatives (funded demonstration projects) in two Irish towns from 2011 to 2013.
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The influence of travel attitudes, commute mode choice, and perceived neighborhood characteristics on physical activity.

TL;DR: The results provide some support for the notion that policy makers interested in increasing physical activity levels should consider changing not only the physical environment, but also perceived neighborhood characteristics and travel attitudes.
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The International Universities Walking Project: Development of a Framework for Workplace Intervention Using the Delphi Technique

TL;DR: Findings provide a unique framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating walking projects in universities and highlight the value of adopting the Delphi technique for planning international, multisite health initiatives.
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Physical Activity And Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General

TL;DR: This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health, and strong evidence is shown to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains.
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Physical Activity and Public Health

Paul T. Williams
- 16 Aug 1995 - 
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.
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Neighborhood-Based Differences in Physical Activity: An Environment Scale Evaluation

TL;DR: Neighborhood environment was associated with physical activity and overweight prevalence and the reliability and validity of self-reported neighborhood environment subscales were supported.
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How the built environment affects physical activity: views from urban planning

TL;DR: To provide more conclusive evidence, the available evidence lends itself to the argument that a combination of urban design, land use patterns, and transportation systems that promotes walking and bicycling will help create active, healthier, and more livable communities.
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Q1. What are the contributions in this paper?

Results from this study may contribute to health impact assessment studies ( HIA ) that evaluate the impact of proposed public transit systems on physical activity levels, and thereby may influence choices made by transportation planners. 

Improvements to the built environment, such as ncreased access to public transit, may provide a viable nd effective option to promote and maintain active ifestyles.he authors would like to thank Sandra Ham at the Centers or Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition nd Physical Activity for her comments and suggestions. 

22easons for more walking among low-income populaions could be that they are more likely to live in urban reas with better access to transit or are less likely to wn a personal automobile. 

This study also suggests that 29% of ransit walkers achieve 30 minutes of daily physical ctivity solely by walking to and from transit. 

For xample, results from this report are being used to stimate the amount of transit-related walking that ould result from a proposed 22-mile, urban light-rail oop in Atlanta.30 HIA studies may influence choices ade by transportation planners and other communityecision makers. 

People walking 30 minutes to and from transit were significantly ore likely to be African American, Hispanic, Asian/ acific Islander, or from another race/ethnic category han to be white, and were somewhat (borderline ignificant association) more likely to live in an area ith 4000 to 9999 people per square mile than in an rea with 4000 people per square mile (OR 1.63, 5% CI 0.99–2.68). 

This study rovides some evidence that walking to and from ransit can help physically inactive populations (espeially minority groups and people of lower socioecoomic status) attain 30 minutes of daily physical activty.