Closing the loop: short term impacts on physical activity of the completion of a loop trail in Sydney, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Australia, an estimated 57% of the population do not meet physical activity recommendations for health. The built environment is important for active living, and recreational trails provide safe and pleasant settings for this purpose. However, evidence for positive impacts on physical activity from real world natural experiments is sparse. We describe the impact of transforming a recreational trail into a loop on usage by cyclists and pedestrians and users' physical activity levels.

Method

We conducted time series analyses of pre and post-completion (November 2013-July 2015) counts taken from infrared electronic counters of pedestrians and cyclists on two established sections of the trail adjusted for underlying trend, trend change, weather, holidays and trail

SUBMITTER: Grunseit A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6631862 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature