TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Transit rider body mass index before and after completion of street light-rail line in Utah
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Brown, Barbara B.
A1  - Smith, Ken R.
A1  - Jensen, Wyatt A.
A1  - Tharp, Doug
SP  - 1484
EP  - 1486
VL  - 107
IS  - 9
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To determine whether 2012 to 2015 (times 1-3) ridership changes correlated with body mass index (BMI) changes after transit line completion in Salt Lake City, Utah. <br><br>METHODS: We used Global Positioning System/accelerometry-measured transit ridership measures in 2012 to 2013 (times 1-2) to compare objective and self-reported ridership. Regression models related changes in objectively measured ridership (times 1-2) and self-reported ridership (times 1-2 and times 1-3) to BMI changes, adjusting for control variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Objective and self-reported ridership measures were consistent. From time 1 to 2 (P = .021) or to 3 (P = .015), BMI increased among self-reported former riders and decreased among new riders (P = .09 for both times 1-2 and times 1-3), although the latter was nonsignificant. Time 3 attrition adjustment had no effect on results. Adjusting for baseline BMI, the nonsignificant effect for new riders remained nonsignificant, indicating no BMI change; the BMI increase after discontinuing transit remained significant. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Observed BMI increases subsequent to stopping transit ridership persisted for more than 2 years (postintervention). These results suggest that transit ridership protects against BMI gains and support the need to provide convenient transit for public health. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print July 20, 2017: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303899).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303899
ID  - ref1
ER  -