Open AccessUrban greenways have the potential to increase physical activity levels cost-effectively
Author(s) -
Mary Dallat,
Isabelle Soerjomataram,
Ruth F. Hunter,
Mark A. Tully,
Karen Cairns,
Frank Kee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckt035
Subject(s) - life expectancy , medicine , gerontology , environmental health , psychological intervention , population , public health , stroke (engine) , cost effectiveness , demography , engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , nursing , sociology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering
For many, physical activity has been engineered out of daily life, leading to high levels of sedentariness and obesity. Multi-faceted physical activity interventions, combining individual, community and environmental approaches, have the greatest potential to improve public health, but few have been evaluated.
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