Residents of highly walkable neighbourhoods in Canadian urban areas do substantially more physical activity: a cross-sectional analysis

J Thielman, H Manson, M Chiu, R Copes… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Research has shown that neighbourhood walkability is associated with small
differences in physical activity; however, the health impacts of these small differences have …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood walkability: Differential associations with self-reported transport walking and leisure-time physical activity in Canadian towns and cities of all …

J Thielman, L Rosella, R Copes, M Lebenbaum… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate associations between walkability and physical activity during
transportation and leisure in a national-level population. Methods Walkability was measured …

The association between walkable neighbourhoods and physical activity across the lifespan.

RC Colley, T Christidis, I Michaud, M Tjepkema… - Health reports, 2019 - go.gale.com
Methods The Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+ 7A) was used to attach the 2016
Canadian Active Living Environments (Can-ALE) database (limited to non-rural areas) to the …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of area-level walkability to geographic variation in physical activity: a spatial analysis of 95,837 participants from the 45 and Up Study living in …

DJ Mayne, GG Morgan, BB Jalaludin… - Population Health …, 2017 - Springer
Background Individual-level studies support a positive relation between walkable built
environments and participation in moderate-intensity walking. However, the utility of this …

A population-based study of the associations between neighbourhood walkability and different types of physical activity in Canadian men and women

V Nichani, JE Vena, CM Friedenreich, C Christie… - Preventive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Few Canadian studies have examined whether or not associations between neighbourhood
walkability and physical activity differ by sex. We estimated associations between perceived …

An examination of the associations between walkable neighbourhoods and obesity and self-rated health in Canadians

RC Colley, T Christidis, I Michaud, M Tjepkema… - Health …, 2019 - search.proquest.com
Background: Two-thirds of Canadian adults and one-third of Canadian children and youth
are overweight or obese. There is increased interest in identifying features of the built …

Association between neighbourhood walkability and metabolic risk factors influenced by physical activity: a cross-sectional study of adults in Toronto, Canada

CKJ Loo, M Greiver, B Aliarzadeh, D Lewis - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether neighbourhood walkability is associated with clinical
measures of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia in an urban adult …

Neighbourhood walkability, daily steps and utilitarian walking in Canadian adults

S Hajna, NA Ross, L Joseph, S Harper, K Dasgupta - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the associations of neighbourhood walkability (based on Geographic
Information System (GIS)-derived measures of street connectivity, land use mix, and …

[HTML][HTML] Place matters: A longitudinal analysis measuring the association between neighbourhood walkability and walking by age group and population center size in …

R Wasfi, M Steinmetz-Wood, Y Kestens - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
This study examined the influence of walkability on walking behaviour and assessed
whether associations varied according to life-stage and population center (PC) size …

Walk Score and objectively measured physical activity within a national cohort

E Twardzik, S Judd, A Bennett, S Hooker… - J Epidemiol …, 2019 - jech.bmj.com
Background There have been mixed findings regarding the relationship between walkability
and level of physical activity in adults. Methods Participants from The REasons for …