Objectively measured walkability and active transport and weight-related outcomes in adults: A systematic review

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 615-625

  Grasser, Gerlinde ^a   Van Dyck, Delfien ^c,d   Titze, Sylvia ^b   Stronegger, Willibald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body weight; Connectivity; Density; Land use mix; Physical activity for transport; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BICYCLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; CYCLING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880917099     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0435-0     Document Type: Review

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