Urbanization and physical activity in the global Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study.

ABSTRACT: Urbanization may influence physical activity (PA) levels, although little evidence is available for low- and middle- income countries where urbanization is occurring fastest. We evaluated associations between urbanization and total PA, as well as work-, leisure-, home-, and transport-specific PA, for 138,206 adults living in 698 communities across 22 countries within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. The 1-week long-form International PA Questionnaire was administered at baseline (2003-2015). We used satellite-derived population density and impervious surface area estimates to quantify baseline urbanization levels for study communities, as well as change measures for 5- and 10-years prior to PA surveys. We used generalized linear mixed effects models to examine ass

SUBMITTER: Boakye K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9822998 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature