TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Transit use, physical activity, and body mass index changes: objective measures associated with complete street light-rail construction
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Brown, Barbara B.
A1  - Werner, Carol M.
A1  - Tribby, Calvin P.
A1  - Miller, Harvey J.
A1  - Smith, Ken R.
SP  - 1468
EP  - 1474
VL  - 105
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVES: We assessed effects on physical activity (PA) and weight among participants in a complete street intervention that extended a light-rail line in Salt Lake City, Utah. <br><br>METHODS: Participants in the Moving Across Places Study resided within 2 kilometers of the new line. They wore accelerometers and global positioning system (GPS) loggers for 1 week before and after rail construction. Regression analyses compared change scores of participants who never rode transit with continuing, former, and new riders, after adjustment for control variables (total n = 537). <br><br>RESULTS: New riders had significantly more accelerometer-measured counts per minute than never-riders (P < .01), and former riders had significantly fewer (P < .01). New riders lost (P < .05) and former riders gained (P < .01) weight. Former riders lost 6.4 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) per 10 hours of accelerometer wear (P < .01) and gained 16.4 minutes of sedentary time (P < .01). New riders gained 4.2 MVPA minutes (P < .05) and lost 12.8 (P < .05) sedentary minutes per 10 hours accelerometer wear. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In light of the health benefits of transit ridership in the complete street area, research should address how to encourage more sustained ridership. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 14, 2015: e1-e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302561).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302561
ID  - ref1
ER  -