Relationships between the built environment and walking and weight status among older women in three u.s. states

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-125

  Troped, Philip J ^a,b   Starnes, Heather A ^a,c   Puett, Robin C ^d   Tamura, Kosuke ^a   Cromley, Ellen K ^e   James, Peter ^f   Ben Joseph, Eran ^g   Melly, Steven J ^f   Laden, Francine ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Neighborhood; Obesity; Older adults; Overweight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84891459704     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: 1543267X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/JAPA.2012-0137     Document Type: Article

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