Can changing the physical environment promote walking and cycling?
Environmental changes aimed at encouraging walking or cycling may promote activity and improve health, but evidence suggests small or inconsistent effects in practice. Understanding how an intervention works might help…
The implications of megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation for changes in global physical activity
Physical inactivity accounts for more than 3 million deaths per year, most from non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We used reviews of physical activity interventions and a simulation…
Causal pathways linking environmental change with health behaviour change
Mechanisms linking changes to the environment with changes in physical activity are poorly understood. Insights into mechanisms of interventions can help strengthen causal attribution and improve understanding of divergent response…
Effects of urban motorways on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in local residents
There is little evidence on how changing the physical environment changes health-related behaviours. The researchers studied the effects of the new M74 motorway (freeway) - opened in 2011 - and…
The experience of physical activity and the transition to retirement
Background: The transition to retirement has been recognised as a critical turning point for physical activity (PA). In an earlier systematic review of quantitative studies, retirement was found to be…
Correlates of reported and recorded time spent in physical activity in working adults
Background: The correlates of physical activity in adults are relatively well studied. However, many studies use self-reported ('reported') measures of activity and we know little about the possible differences between…
Interventions to promote walking
Objective: To assess the effects of interventions to promote walking in individuals and populations. Review methods: Systematic search for and appraisal of controlled before and after studies of the effects…