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-specif...

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Main Authors: Kwadwo Boakye, Marit Bovbjerg, John Schuna, Adam Branscum, Ravi Prasad Varma, Rosnah Ismail, Olga Barbarash, Juan Dominguez, Yuksel Altuntas, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Rita Yusuf, Roya Kelishadi, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Romaina Iqbal, Pamela Serón, Annika Rosengren, Paul Poirier, P. V. M. Lakshmi, Rasha Khatib, Katarzyna Zatonska, Bo Hu, Lu Yin, Chuangshi Wang, Karen Yeates, Jephat Chifamba, Khalid F Alhabib, Álvaro Avezum, Antonio Dans, Scott A Lear, Salim Yusuf, Perry Hystad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26406-5