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A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: the Transform-Us! study.

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Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Adolescents' physical activity: competition between perceived neighborhood sport facilities and home media resources.

scientific article published in April 2010

Advancing science and policy through a coordinated international study of physical activity and built environments: IPEN adult methods

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Ageing in an ultra-dense metropolis: perceived neighbourhood characteristics and utilitarian walking in Hong Kong elders

scientific article published on August 21, 2012

An Australian Version of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: Validity Evidence

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An Internet-supported Physical Activity Intervention Delivered in Secondary Schools Located in Low Socio-economic Status Communities: Study Protocol for the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

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An in-depth pilot study on patterns, destinations, and purposes of walking in Hong Kong older adults

scientific article published on 28 February 2014

An internet-supported school physical activity intervention in low socioeconomic status communities: results from the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) cluster randomised controlled trial

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Are perceptions of the local environment related to neighbourhood satisfaction and mental health in adults?

scientific article published on 07 February 2008

Associations Between Objective and Self-Report Measures of Traffic and Crime Safety in Latino Parents of Preschool Children.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Associations between access to alcohol outlets and alcohol intake and depressive symptoms in women from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Australia

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Associations between major chain fast-food outlet availability and change in body mass index: a longitudinal observational study of women from Victoria, Australia

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Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults' sedentary behavior: findings from the U.S.A., Australia and Belgium

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: the ALECS cross-sectional study.

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Associations of Socio-demographic, Family, and Neighborhood Factors with Physical Activity-Related Parenting Practices Among Hong Kong Preschoolers' Parents

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Associations of leisure-time physical activity with quality of life in a large, population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors

scientific article published on 23 May 2007

Associations of multiple physical activity domains with mental well-being

Associations of neighborhood environment with brain imaging outcomes in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle cohort

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Associations of neighborhood environmental attributes with adults' objectively-assessed sedentary time: IPEN adult multi-country study

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Associations of objectively-assessed neighborhood characteristics with older adults' total physical activity and sedentary time in an ultra-dense urban environment: Findings from the ALECS study.

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Associations of sedentary time patterns and TV viewing time with inflammatory and endothelial function biomarkers in children

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Associations of socio-demographic, perceived environmental, social and psychological factors with active travel in Hong Kong adolescents: The iHealt(H) cross-sectional study

scientific article published in August 2018

Associations of the perceived and objective neighborhood environment with physical activity and sedentary time in New Zealand adolescents.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Benefits for Type 2 Diabetes of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Brief Bouts of Light Walking or Simple Resistance Activities

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Bicycle use for transport in an Australian and a Belgian city: associations with built-environment attributes

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Breaking up of prolonged sitting over three days sustains, but does not enhance, lowering of postprandial plasma glucose and insulin in overweight and obese adults

scientific article published in July 2015

Breaking up prolonged sitting reduces postprandial glucose and insulin responses

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Breaking up prolonged sitting reduces resting blood pressure in overweight/obese adults

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

Breaks in sedentary time: beneficial associations with metabolic risk

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Built and social environmental factors influencing healthy behaviours in older Chinese immigrants to Australia: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Built environment and physical activity in New Zealand adolescents: a protocol for a cross-sectional study

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Can a motivational intervention overcome an unsupportive environment for walking--findings from the Step-by-Step Study.

scientific article published in October 2009

Can social dancing prevent falls in older adults? a protocol of the Dance, Aging, Cognition, Economics (DAnCE) fall prevention randomised controlled trial

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Comparison of three models of actigraph accelerometers during free living and controlled laboratory conditions

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Compensation of physical activity and sedentary time in primary school children

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Consensus on measurement properties and feasibility of performance tests for the exercise and sport sciences: a Delphi study

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Correlates of Agreement between Accelerometry and Self-reported Physical Activity

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Correlates of change in adults' television viewing time: a four-year follow-up study

scientific article published in July 2012

Cross-Sectional Associations of Total Daily Volume and Activity Patterns across the Activity Spectrum with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed neighbourhood attributes with depressive symptoms in older adults of an ultra-dense urban environment: the Hong Kong ALECS study.

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Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A).

scientific article published on 09 June 2009

Destinations that matter: associations with walking for transport

scientific article published on 18 January 2007

Development and reliability of a scale of physical-activity related informal social control for parents of Chinese pre-schoolers

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Development and reliability of a streetscape observation instrument for international use: MAPS-global.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Development and validation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth across six continents

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Development of Physical Activity-Related Parenting Practices Scales for Urban Chinese Parents of Preschoolers: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability.

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Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Do associations between objectively-assessed physical activity and neighbourhood environment attributes vary by time of the day and day of the week? IPEN adult study

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Does Walking in the Neighbourhood Enhance Local Sociability?

Effect of Morning Exercise With or Without Breaks in Prolonged Sitting on Blood Pressure in Older Overweight/Obese Adults

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Environmental and cultural correlates of physical activity parenting practices among Latino parents with preschool-aged children: Niños Activos

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Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2·5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

scientific article published in 2022

Examination of mid-intervention mediating effects on objectively assessed sedentary time among children in the Transform-Us! cluster-randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Examining the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, long form (IPAQ-LC).

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Explaining socio-economic status differences in walking for transport: an ecological analysis of individual, social and environmental factors

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Explaining the effect of a 1-year intervention promoting physical activity in middle schools: a mediation analysis

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Explaining the effects of a 1-year intervention promoting a low fat diet in adolescent girls: a mediation analysis

scientific article published on 9 November 2007

Feasibility study to objectively assess activity and location of Hispanic preschoolers: a short communication

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From neighborhood design and food options to residents' weight status.

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From urban neighbourhood environments to cognitive health: a cross-sectional analysis of the role of physical activity and sedentary behaviours

scientific article published on 23 December 2021

Gender, level of participation, and type of sport: differences in achievement goal orientation and attributional style

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

How socio-economic status contributes to participation in leisure-time physical activity

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

How urban densification shapes walking behaviours in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional analysis of potential pathways of influence

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Identifying mediators of training effects on performance-related psychobiosocial states: A single-case observational study in an elite female triathlete

scientific article published in September 2012

Impact on hemostatic parameters of interrupting sitting with intermittent activity

scientific article published in July 2013

Individual calibration for estimating free-living walking speed using the MTI monitor.

scientific article published in April 2006

Interacting effects of exercise with breaks in sitting time on cognitive and metabolic function in older adults: Rationale and design of a randomised crossover trial

scientific article published in October 2018

Interacting psychosocial and environmental correlates of leisure-time physical activity: a three-country study

scientific article published on 18 November 2013

International Mind, Activities and Urban Places (iMAP) study: methods of a cohort study on environmental and lifestyle influences on brain and cognitive health

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

International Physical Activity and Built Environment Study of adolescents: IPEN Adolescent design, protocol and measures

publication published on 18 January 2021

International comparison of observation-specific spatial buffers: maximizing the ability to estimate physical activity

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN Adult Study

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International study of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time with body mass index and obesity: IPEN adult study.

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International study of perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes and Body Mass Index: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries

scientific article published on 16 May 2015

International variation in neighborhood walkability, transit, and recreation environments using geographic information systems: the IPEN adult study

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Interrupting prolonged sitting in type 2 diabetes: nocturnal persistence of improved glycaemic control.

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Interrupting prolonged sitting with brief bouts of light walking or simple resistance activities reduces resting blood pressure and plasma noradrenaline in type 2 diabetes.

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Is the Association between Park Proximity and Recreational Physical Activity among Mid-Older Aged Adults Moderated by Park Quality and Neighborhood Conditions?

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Levels of Physical Activity for Colon Cancer Prevention Compared with Generic Public Health Recommendations: Population Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates

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Lifetime risk of suicide ideation and attempts in an Australian community: prevalence, suicidal process, and help-seeking behaviour

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Longitudinal relations of perceived availability of neighborhood sport facilities with physical activity in adolescents: an analysis of potential moderators.

scientific article published on 8 February 2013

Main and interacting effects of physical activity and sedentary time on older adults' BMI: The moderating roles of socio-demographic and environmental attributes

scientific article published on 09 July 2020

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Measuring moderate-intensity walking in older adults using the ActiGraph accelerometer

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Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders: reliability and validity

scientific article published on November 9, 2011

Mechanisms linking affective reactions to competition‐related and competition‐extraneous concerns in male martial artists

scientific article published on March 11, 2010

Mediating effects of body composition between physical activity and body esteem in Hong Kong adolescents: a structural equation modeling approach.

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN adult study

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Muscle metabolism during sprint exercise in man: influence of sprint training.

scientific article published on September 2004

Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: validity and development of a short form

scientific article published on September 2006

Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Neighborhood and Individual Socio-Economic Variations in the Contribution of Occupational Physical Activity to Total Physical Activity

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Neighborhood environments and objectively measured physical activity in 11 countries

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Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults

scientific article published in November 2007

Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: a protocol for an observational study

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Neighbourhood environment, sitting time and motorised transport in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

scientific article published on 3 May 2015

Objective Versus Perceived Walking Distances to Destinations

Objective assessment of walking environments in ultra-dense cities: Development and reliability of the Environment in Asia Scan Tool—Hong Kong version (EAST-HK)

scientific article published in July 2011

Objectively measured light-intensity physical activity is independently associated with 2-h plasma glucose

scientific article published in May 2007

Objectively-Measured Neighbourhood Attributes as Correlates and Moderators of Quality of Life in Older Adults with Different Living Arrangements: The ALECS Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 10 March 2019

Objectively-assessed neighbourhood destination accessibility and physical activity in adults from 10 countries: An analysis of moderators and perceptions as mediators

scientific article published on 25 June 2018

Objectively-measured neighborhood environments and leisure-time physical activity in Chinese urban elders.

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Parental practices encouraging and discouraging physical activity in Hong Kong Chinese preschoolers.

scientific article published on 17 April 2014

Park proximity, quality and recreational physical activity among mid-older aged adults: moderating effects of individual factors and area of residence

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Past physical activity and age-related macular degeneration: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Pediatric obesity: Finding the causes and contexts

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Perceived Barriers to Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Adults: An Ecological Perspective

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Park Use as Mediators of the Effect of Area Socio-Economic Status on Walking Behaviors

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Perceived Neighborhood Environmental Attributes Associated with Walking and Cycling for Transport among Adult Residents of 17 Cities in 12 Countries: The IPEN Study

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' leisure-time physical activity: findings from Belgium, Australia and the USA.

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults' transport-related walking and cycling: Findings from the USA, Australia and Belgium

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Perceived neighbourhood environmental attributes associated with adults׳ recreational walking: IPEN Adult study in 12 countries

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Personal and Neighbourhood Indicators of Quality of Urban Life: A Case Study of Hong Kong

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Physical Activity and Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among Children with Disabilities at School

scientific article published in February 2017

Physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Hong Kong primary school children: Prevalence and gender differences

scientific article published on 8 May 2010

Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults

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Physical activity for cancer survivors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study.

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Physical activity of young people in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Region: an exploratory study.

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Physical activity, activity change, and their correlates in a population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors

scientific article published in October 2007

Places where preschoolers are (in)active: an observational study on Latino preschoolers and their parents using objective measures

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Potential moderators of day-to-day variability in children's physical activity patterns.

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Prospective Associations of Local Destinations and Routes With Middle-to-Older Aged Adults' Walking

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Prospective relationships of physical activity with quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors

scientific article published in September 2008

Protocol for the residents in action pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (RiAT): evaluating a behaviour change intervention to promote walking, reduce sitting and improve mental health in physically inactive older adults in retirement villages

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Psychometrics of the preschooler physical activity parenting practices instrument among a Latino sample.

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Recreational facilities and leisure-time physical activity: An analysis of moderators and self-efficacy as a mediator

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Regional Variations in Walking for Different Purposes

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Relationships Between Neighbourhood Physical Environmental Attributes and Older Adults' Leisure-Time Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Relationships between the neighborhood environment and depression in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 December 2017

Relationships of land use mix with walking for transport: do land uses and geographical scale matter?

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Reliability of self-report measures of correlates of obesity-related behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents for the iHealt(H) and IPEN adolescent studies

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Reliable and valid NEWS for Chinese seniors: measuring perceived neighborhood attributes related to walking

scientific article published on November 25, 2010

Repeatability of self-report measures of physical activity, sedentary and travel behaviour in Hong Kong adolescents for the iHealt(H) and IPEN - Adolescent studies

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Reply

scientific article published in January 2018

Research priorities for child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviours: an international perspective using a twin-panel Delphi procedure

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

School sport policy and school-based physical activity environments and their association with observed physical activity in middle school children.

scientific article published on 23 August 2011

Sharing good NEWS across the world: developing comparable scores across 12 countries for the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS).

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Sitting time and socio-economic differences in overweight and obesity

scientific article published on 25 April 2006

Small-scale randomized controlled trials need more powerful methods of mediational analysis than the Baron–Kenny method

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Social Dancing and Incidence of Falls in Older Adults: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

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Socioeconomic Status and Physical Activity among Mothers of Young Children in an Asian City: The Mediating Role of Household Activities and Domestic Help

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Socioeconomic status, neighborhood characteristics, and walking within the neighborhood among older Hong Kong Chinese.

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Steps in the design, development and formative evaluation of obesity prevention-related behavior change trials

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Study protocol for "Moving Bright, Eating Smart"- A phase 2 clinical trial on the acceptability and feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors.

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Television viewing time of colorectal cancer survivors is associated prospectively with quality of life

scientific article published on 9 June 2011

Testing theories of dietary behavior change in youth using the mediating variable model with intervention programs.

scientific article published on September 2009

The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) cluster controlled implementation trial: intervention effects and mediators and moderators of adiposity and energy balance-related behaviours

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The effects of training on performance and performance-related states in individual elite athletes: a dynamic approach

scientific article published in August 2010

The neighbourhood physical environment and active travel in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

Understanding neighborhood environment related to Hong Kong children's physical activity: a qualitative study using nominal group technique

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Understanding the relationships between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative studies

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Urban environments and objectively-assessed physical activity and sedentary time in older Belgian and Chinese community dwellers: potential pathways of influence and the moderating role of physical function

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Using compositional data analysis to explore accumulation of sedentary behavior, physical activity and youth health

scientific article published on 15 March 2021

Validity of a scale of neighbourhood informal social control relevant to pre-schoolers' physical activity: A cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 30 November 2016

Validity of treadmill- and track-based individual calibration methods for estimating free-living walking speed and VO2 using the Actigraph accelerometer

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Walkability and walking for transport: characterizing the built environment using space syntax.

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Walkable area within which destinations matter: differences between Australian and Japanese cities

scientific article published on 27 November 2012

Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: a cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when

scientific article published on June 20, 2013

What are the associations between neighbourhood walkability and sedentary time in New Zealand adults? The URBAN cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 22 October 2017

What helps children to move more at school recess and lunchtime? Mid-intervention results from Transform-Us! cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Within- and between-day associations between children's sitting and physical activity time

scientific article published on 23 September 2015