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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