Objectively measured walkability and active transport and weight-related outcomes in adults: a systematic review

Grasser, Gerlinde; Dyck, Delfien Van; Titze, Sylvia; Stronegger, Willibald J.

doi:10.1007/s00038-012-0435-0

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“…Our findings are in line with those of other research studies Freeman et al, 2013;Grasser, Van Dyck, Titze, & Stronegger, 2013), which confirmed that higher territorial walkability increases the AC of the inhabitants. The average proportion of AC among the inhabitants of Liberec city (17%) is low compared with a study of Swedish adults (22.2%), which included a total of 16,705 individuals aged 18-80 years (Lindström, 2008).…”

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Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

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Mitáš²,

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et al. 2015

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Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Rubín¹,

Mitáš²,

Dygrýn³

et al. 2015

Acta Gymnica

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“…While the PRISMA statement was primarily designed for the synthesis of randomized trials, it can also be adopted for other types of studies, including those that examine the relationship between environments and physical activity [37]. However, with few exceptions [12,38], literature reviews about environments and physical activity did not refer to or follow the QUORUM or PRISMA statements. Protocols and final results of systematic reviews with health-related outcomes should be registered with PROSPERO (established in 2011), the international database for systematic reviews in this field of research (http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/ PROSPERO/) [39].…”

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“…An assessment of study quality allows the reader to examine results stratified by their quality and their effects. Though many literature reviews about built environments and physical activity have used the label 'systematic review' [11-15, 27, 29-31, 42-46], few assessed the quality of the primary studies [12,15,38,43]. Tools for the assessment of the quality and validity of intervention studies have been suggested [41].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The main findings were that reviews inappropriately claimed to be systematic, did not provide important methodological information, omitted large numbers of relevant studies, and reported some study results incorrectly [9]. Since then, hundreds of primary studies and dozens of literature reviews about environments and physical activity have been published [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Many of the new literature reviews continue to demonstrate methodological limitations that might lead to an inaccurate summary of the evidence.…”

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Improving Current Practice in Reviews of the Built Environment and Physical Activity

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Over the last decade, there has been a marked increase in studies about built environments and physical activity. As the number of publications is growing rapidly, literature reviews play an important role in identifying primary studies and in synthesizing their findings. However, many of the reviews of effectiveness in this field demonstrate methodological limitations that might lead to inaccurate portrayals of the evidence. Some literature reviews a priori excluded intervention studies even though they provide the strongest level of evidence. The label 'systematic review' has mostly been used inappropriately. One of the major criteria of a systematic review that is hardly ever met is that the quality of the primary studies needs to be assessed and this should be reflected in the synthesis, presentation and interpretation of results. With few exceptions, 'systematic' reviews about environments and physical activity did not refer to or follow the QUO-RUM or PRISMA statements. This commentary points out the usefulness of the PRISMA statement to standardize the reporting of methodology of reviews and provides additional guidance to limit sources of bias in them. The findings and recommendations from this article can help in moving forward the synthesis of evidence of effectiveness not only in built environments and physical activity, but also more broadly in exercise science and public health. Key PointsMany reviews about built environments and physical activity have methodological limitations.The label 'systematic review' has mostly been used inappropriately.The PRISMA statement is useful to standardize the reporting of methodology and limit bias in systematic reviews of effectiveness.

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“…Evidence points to an association between variables in the perceived 5,9,10 and built environment 5,9,11,12 and transportation-related physical activity. Other studies have shown the positive effect of environmental changes on commuting behavior 12,13,14,15 .…”

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Characteristics of the environmental microscale and walking and bicycling for transportation among adults in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

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The aim of this study was to analyze the association between the characteristics of the built and social and environmental microscale and walking and bicycling for transportation in adults in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was performed in 2009 with a household survey that included 1,419 adults. Objective evaluation of environment was performed on the resident’s street segments, using an instrument for systematic observation consisting of six dimensions: “land use”, “public transportation”, “streetscape”, “conditions and aesthetics”, “places for walking and bicycling”, and “social environment”. The score for each dimension was obtained as the sum of positive items related to physical activity. The items for “public transportation” (≥ 1 items) and “places for walking and bicycling on the streets” (≥ 3 items) were dichotomized, while the scores for the other items were classified in tertiles. Walking and bicycling for transportation were assessed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The data were analyzed using multilevel Poisson regression. Medium “streetscape” score was inversely associated with walking ≥ 150min/week (PR = 0.60; 95%CI: 0.40-0.91; VPC = 12%) and bicycling (PR = 0.54; 95%CI: 0.29-0.99; VPC = 60%). In conclusion, only “streetscape” was associated with walking and bicycling for transportation in adults.

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Objectively measured walkability and active transport and weight-related outcomes in adults: a systematic review

Cited by 181 publications

References 47 publications

Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Improving Current Practice in Reviews of the Built Environment and Physical Activity

Characteristics of the environmental microscale and walking and bicycling for transportation among adults in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil

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