Can environmental improvement change the population distribution of walking?
Conclusions
Environmental improvement encouraged the less active to take up walking for transport, as well as encouraging those who were already active to walk more. Further research should disentangle the role of socioeconomic characteristics in determining use of new environments and changes in walking.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Panter, J., Ogilvie, D., on behalf of the iConnect consortium Tags: Open access Physical activity Source Type: research
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