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- Title
Associations of Perceived and Objectively Measured Neighborhood Environmental Attributes With Leisure-Time Sitting for Transport.
- Authors
Yung Liao; Takemi Sugiyama; Ai Shibata; Kaori Ishii; Shigeru Inoue; Koohsari, Mohammad Javad; Owen, Neville; Koichiro Oka
- Abstract
Background: This study examined associations of perceived and objectively measured neighborhood environmental attributes with leisure-time sitting for transport among middle-to-older aged Japanese adults. Method: Data were collected using a postal survey of 998 adults aged 40 to 69 years. Generalized linear modeling with a gamma distribution and a log link was used to examine associations of perceived (International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Environmental module) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-derived built environment attributes with self-reported leisure-time sitting for transport. Results: Mean leisure-time sitting time for transport was 20.4 min/day. After adjusting for potential confounders, perceived higher residential density, GIS-measured higher population density, better access to destinations, better access to public transport, longer sidewalk length, and higher street connectivity, were associated significantly with lower sitting time for transport. Conclusion: Residents living in neighborhoods with attributes previously found to be associated with more walking tended to spend less time sitting for transport during leisure-time. The health benefits of walkability-related attributes may accrue not only through increased physical activity, but also through less sedentary time.
- Subjects
JAPAN; HEALTH of adults; TRANSPORTATION; SEDENTARY lifestyles; URBAN planning; PHYSICAL activity
- Publication
Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 2016, Vol 13, Issue 12, p1372
- ISSN
1543-3080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jpah.2016-0073