Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Date (from‐to) : 2014/04 -2018/03
Author : Yatsuya Hiroshi; HANIBUCHI Tomoya; TOYOSHIMA Hideaki; YAMASHITA Kentaro; WANG Chaochen; ZHANG Yan; KANEKO Kayo; AL-SHOAIBI Abubakr Ahmed Abdullah; GEBREMARIAM Lemlem Weldegerima; HE Yupeng; SUZUKI Koji; SAYEED Shurovi; KATOH Yoshiji; FUJISAWA Akiko; MATSUNAGA Masaaki; KHINE May Thet
The associations of a neighborhood’s built environment on health via its effects on physical activity, diet, or other unknown mediators have been suggested, but little studied in Japan. A composite measure of geographic characteristics, walkability index, was obtained in the present study using geographic information system (GIS), which consists of population density, road density, access to parks, and access to retail areas (Hanibuchi, et al., 2015). As the results, the degree of residence neighborhood walkability was associated with self-reported leisure-time physical activities among workers living in an urban-suburban area. Also, distance between one's home and the workplace was positively associated with self-reported duration of walking.