Journal article
Walking to work in Canada: health benefits, socio-economic characteristics and urban-regional variations
Abstract
BackgroundThere is mounting concern over increasing rates of physical inactivity and overweight/obesity among children and adult in Canada. There is a clear link between the amount of walking a person does and his or her health. The purpose of this paper is to assess the health factors, socio-economic characteristics and urban-regional variations of walking to work among adults in Canada.MethodsData is drawn from two cycles of the Canadian …
Authors
Kitchen P; Williams A; Chowhan J
Journal
BMC Public Health, Vol. 11, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2011
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-11-212
ISSN
1472-698X