Neighborhood Built Environment and Physical Activity of Japanese Older Adults: Results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)

The article offers information on a study conducted by the authors to examine association between neighborhood built environment (BE) and physical activity (PA) for older people in Japan. The study was based on cross-sectional data from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES), which was conducted in 2003. Total walking time and leisure time sports activity were used as outcome variables. It highlights that presence of parks and population density shared positive relationship.

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• Authors:
  • Hanibuchi, Tomoya
  • Kawachi, Ichiro
  • Nakaya, Tomoki
  • Hirai, Hiroshi
  • Kondo, Katsunori
• Publication Date: 2010-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 657-668
• Serial:
  • BMC Public Health
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: BioMed Central
  • ISSN: 1471-2458
  • Serial URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Built environment; Leisure time; Parks; Population density; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Physical activity
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01360985
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2012 2:21PM