SynthesisBMC public health2015
Associations between neighbourhood walkability and daily steps in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The neighbourhood built environment and health-related fitness: a narrative systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- Associations between the built environment and physical activity among adults with low socio-economic status in Canada: a systematic review.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Pooled it
- Environmental Risk Factors for Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
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- The association between neighborhood conditions and weight loss among older adults living in a large urban city.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Associations between Walk Score and objective measures of physical activity in urban overweight and obese women.PloS one · 2019Trial
- The Association between Neighborhood Walkability and Physical Activity in a Behavioral Weight Loss Trial Testing the Addition of Remotely Delivered Feedback Messages to Self-Monitoring.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Trial
- Association between daily steps, diabetes management and health indicators in people living with type 1 diabetes: A cross-sectional study from the BETTER registry.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- A community case study of pedestrian environment features of neighborhood walkability and built environment-related 311 service requests surrounding public housing developments serving low-income Boston residents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Associations between perceived campus walkability and self-reported exercise behavior among college students: a cross-sectional serial indirect-effects study of exercise motivation and general self-efficacy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Lower Child Opportunity Index is Associated with Lower Exercise Capacity Post-Fontan Palliation.Pediatric cardiology · 2026Article
- Re-thinking Walkability: Synergizing the Pedestrian Environment and Land Use Patterns to Promote Physical Activity in Older Adults.Cities (London, England) · 2026Article
- Place attachment and walkability and their associations with walking in urban neighbourhoods.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Associations of neighbourhood walkability with patterns of device-measured stepping, standing and sitting.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Associations of seasonally available global positioning systems-derived walkability and objectively measured sleep in the Nurses' Health Study 3 Mobile Health Substudy.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Daily-Life Walking Speed, Quality and Quantity Derived from a Wrist Motion Sensor: Large-Scale Normative Data for Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation.Health & place · 2024Article
- Incident Diabetes in Women With Patterns of Gestational Diabetes Occurrences Across 2 Pregnancies.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and prospective change in sedentary behaviour and physical activity in individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes in the UK.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigher street connectivity, land use mix and residential density (collectively referred to as neighbourhood walkability) have been linked to higher levels of walking. The objective of our study was to summarize the current body of knowledge on the association between neighbourhood walkability and biosensor-assessed daily steps in adults.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search of PubMed, SCOPUS, and Embase (Ovid) for articles published prior to May 2014 on the association between walkability (based on Geographic Information Systems-derived street connectivity, land use mix, and/or residential density) and daily steps (pedometer or accelerometer-assessed) in adults. The mean differences in daily steps between adults living in high versus low walkable neighbourhoods were pooled across studies using a Bayesian hierarchical model.
resultsThe search strategy yielded 8,744 unique abstracts. Thirty of these underwent full article review of which six met the inclusion criteria. Four of these studies were conducted in Europe and two were conducted in Asia. A meta-analysis of four of these six studies indicates that participants living in high compared to low walkable neighbourhoods accumulate 766 more steps per day (95 % credible interval 250, 1271). This accounts for approximately 8 % of recommended daily steps.
conclusionsThe results of European and Asian studies support the hypothesis that higher neighbourhood walkability is associated with higher levels of biosensor-assessed walking in adults. More studies on this association are needed in North America.
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