Journal article
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 …
Authors
Boakye K; Bovbjerg M; Schuna J; Branscum A; Varma RP; Ismail R; Barbarash O; Dominguez J; Altuntas Y; Anjana RM
Journal
Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-26406-5
ISSN
2045-2322