Active transportation and physical activity: opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research Export

@article{citeulike:2668476, abstract = {Physically inactive lifestyles are a major public health challenge, and research in the transportation field on influences on the choice to walk and bike may provide guidance toward solutions. In the interests of promoting effective collaboration among the transportation, planning, and health fields, the current paper was written to fulfill three purposes. The first purpose was to summarize the transportation and planning studies on the relation between community design and non-motorized ("active") transport and to interpret these studies from a health perspective. The second purpose was to summarize studies from the health literature that examine the relation between physical environmental variables and leisure-time physical activity that have relevance for transportation research. The third purpose was to promote more collaboration among transportation, planning, and health investigators by identifying opportunities for transdisciplinary research.}, author = {Sallis, James F. and Frank, Lawrence D. and Saelens, Brian E. and Kraft, Katherine M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2668476}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2003.11.003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-4BS0CKM-2/1/c29e15d55831061e1fa9711d41a370aa}, doi = {10.1016/j.tra.2003.11.003}, journal = {Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice}, keywords = {cardiovascular\_risk, commuting, cycling, health, obesity, traffic, walkability}, month = {May}, number = {4}, pages = {249--268}, posted-at = {2008-04-14 15:19:26}, priority = {4}, title = {Active transportation and physical activity: opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2003.11.003}, volume = {38}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2668476 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2668476 N2 - Physically inactive lifestyles are a major public health challenge, and research in the transportation field on influences on the choice to walk and bike may provide guidance toward solutions. In the interests of promoting effective collaboration among the transportation, planning, and health fields, the current paper was written to fulfill three purposes. The first purpose was to summarize the transportation and planning studies on the relation between community design and non-motorized ("active") transport and to interpret these studies from a health perspective. The second purpose was to summarize studies from the health literature that examine the relation between physical environmental variables and leisure-time physical activity that have relevance for transportation research. The third purpose was to promote more collaboration among transportation, planning, and health investigators by identifying opportunities for transdisciplinary research. IS - 4 JF - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice EP - 268 TI - Active transportation and physical activity: opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research VL - 38 SP - 249 KW - cardiovascular_risk KW - commuting KW - cycling KW - health KW - obesity KW - traffic KW - walkability AU - Sallis, James AU - Frank, Lawrence AU - Saelens, Brian AU - Kraft, Katherine PY - 2004/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2003.11.003 ER -