Independent and joint associations of neighbourhood greenness and walkability with transportational and recreational physical activity among youth and adults in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Greener neighbourhoods may support physical activity; however, it is also important to consider whether greener neighbourhoods are walkable. We assessed whether neighbourhood greenness and walkability were independently and jointly associated with transportational (PA_TRA) and recreational (PA_REC) physical activity among a nationally representative sample of urban-dwelling youth and adults in Canada.

Methods

We analyzed repeated cross-sectional data from 132,927 urban-dwelling youth (12-17 years) and adults (≥18 years) who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015-2018). To derive an indicator of neighbourhood greenness, for each survey year, we aggregated mean Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values within 2016 d

SUBMITTER: Doan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803170 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature