Transit Use, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index Changes: Objective Measures Associated With Complete Street Light-Rail Construction

We assessed effects on physical activity (PA) and weight among participants in a complete street intervention that extended a light-rail line in Salt Lake City, Utah. Participants in the Moving Across Places Study resided within 2 kilometers of the new line. They wore accelerometers and global posit...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-07, Vol.105 (7), p.1468-1474
Main Authors: Brown, Barbara B, Werner, Carol M, Tribby, Calvin P, Miller, Harvey J, Smith, Ken R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometers
Accelerometry
Adult
Behavior
Body Mass Index
Built environment
Environment
Exercise
Exercise/Physical Activity
Female
Global positioning systems
GPS
Humans
Intervention
Light rail transportation
Longitudinal studies
Male
Motor Activity
Obesity/Overweight/Underweight
Pedestrians
Physical fitness
Prevention
Public health
Research and Practice
Studies
Transportation
Travel
Utah - epidemiology
Walking
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Summary:We assessed effects on physical activity (PA) and weight among participants in a complete street intervention that extended a light-rail line in Salt Lake City, Utah. Participants in the Moving Across Places Study resided within 2 kilometers of the new line. They wore accelerometers and global positioning system (GPS) loggers for 1 week before and after rail construction. Regression analyses compared change scores of participants who never rode transit with continuing, former, and new riders, after adjustment for control variables (total n = 537). New riders had significantly more accelerometer-measured counts per minute than never-riders (P 
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302561