Association of neighborhood walkability with change in overweight, obesity, and diabetes

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 2211-2220

  Creatore, Maria I ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Moineddin, Rahim ^a,b,d   Fazli, Ghazal S ^a,d,e   Johns, Ashley ^a,e   Gozdyra, Peter ^a,b,e   Matheson, Flora I ^b,c,e   Kaufman Shriqui, Vered ^e   Rosella, Laura C ^b,c,d   Manuel, Doug G ^a,g   Booth, Gillian L ^a,b,d,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CYCLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD WALKABILITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84969945367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.5898     Document Type: Article

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