Do active modes of transport cause lower body mass index? Findings from the HABITAT longitudinal study
Author(s) -
Gavin Turrell,
Belinda Hewitt,
Jerome N. Rachele,
Billie GilesCorti,
Lucy Busija,
Wendy J. Brown
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech-2017-209957
Subject(s) - body mass index , confounding , demography , medicine , multilevel model , public transport , overweight , public health , gerontology , population , cycling , regression analysis , environmental health , statistics , geography , transport engineering , mathematics , nursing , archaeology , pathology , sociology , engineering
Few studies have examined the causal relationship between transport mode and body mass index (BMI).
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