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Category Archives: Physical Activity
Tree Canopy Cover Linked to Lower Risk of Pedestrian Falls
Our latest research, just published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggests that higher levels of tree canopy cover helps prevent injurious pedestrian falls. The research found that during summer months, locations on streets and sidewalks where pedestrians fell … Continue reading
The Links Between Vibrant Retail Business Environments and Resident’s Health
We have completed a series of studies showing that neighborhood access to small and medium size retail businesses that provide for community member’s living needs – the goods and services we need to function, live and thrive, such as banks, … Continue reading
Pedestrian Injury Research
Our work on pedestrian safety is an extension of our work on how urban design can be used to support engagement in pedestrian activity and physical activity. As we have built our portfolio of pedestrian injury research, we have come … Continue reading
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Falls prevention focuses on indoor falls, but outdoor falls are just as severe.
Continuing our work on pedestrian falls we just published a paper in Injury Epidemiology focused on describing the clinical severity of injurious falls, distinguishing between falls that occur indoors and those that occur outdoors. While falls prevention guidelines focus on … Continue reading
Posted in Injury, Pedestrian Injury, Physical Activity, Safety, Walkability
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The Burden of Pedestrian Falls on Streets and Sidewalks in the U.S.
After doing substantial work documenting the links between greater neighborhood walkability and higher engagement in pedestrian activity and reduced weight gain, in recent years we have launched research projects on pedestrian safety. In new work just published in the Journal … Continue reading
Higher Neighborhood Walkability is Associated with Lower Risk of Obesity Related Cancers
In collaboration with colleagues at the NYU Women’s Health Study we recently published analyses showing that higher neighborhood walkability is associated with lower risk of obesity related cancers. Fourteen thousand women were recruited into the study between 1985 and 1991 … Continue reading
Cumulative experience of neighborhood walkability over a decade and body mass index and waist circumference.
We just published new work in the American Journal of Epidemiology on the beneficial, cumulative effect of living in neighborhoods with higher walkability on body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference. In collaboration with the REGARDS team and Drexel’s Urban … Continue reading
Higher Neighborhood Walkability is Associated with a Lower Risk of Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy
In partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene we have been studying how neighborhood environments influence health during pregnancy and birth outcomes, with recent work focusing on weight gain during pregnancy. In 2009, the Institute of Medicine … Continue reading
Measuring Neighborhood Walkability across Communities in the U.S. Over the Past Three Decades
The evidence on links between neighborhood walkability and physical activity and body mass index remains limited because there have been few longitudinal studies with repeated measures of neighborhood walkability and health behavior and outcomes. While large cohort studies with long-term … Continue reading
National Geographic Cities Issue
Just a quick note: The April 2019 issue of National Geographic focuses on Cities and how to redesign them to support health, sustainability and community. The issue covers transit oriented design, China’s new urban design regulations, walking through Tokyo, the … Continue reading
Built Environment and Health Research Group 