[HTML][HTML] Urban planning and quality of life: A review of pathways linking the built environment to subjective well-being

K Mouratidis - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
In light of the rapid global urbanization, providing a better quality of life in cities is becoming
an increasingly critical issue for urban planning. However, the links between the built …

Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

PC Hallal, LB Andersen, FC Bull, R Guthold, W Haskell… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
To implement effective non-communicable disease prevention programmes, policy makers
need data for physical activity levels and trends. In this report, we describe physical activity …

The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future

KR van Daalen, M Romanello, J Rocklöv… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened
in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of …

Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world

GW Heath, DC Parra, OL Sarmiento, LB Andersen… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of
physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective …

Health impact assessment of active transportation: a systematic review

N Mueller, D Rojas-Rueda, T Cole-Hunter… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Walking and cycling for transportation (ie active transportation, AT), provide
substantial health benefits from increased physical activity (PA). However, risks of injury from …

Time use and physical activity: a shift away from movement across the globe

SW Ng, BM Popkin - Obesity reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Technology linked with reduced physical activity (PA) in occupational work, home/domestic
work, and travel and increased sedentary activities, especially television viewing, dominates …

Cycling in the era of COVID-19: Lessons learnt and best practice policy recommendations for a more bike-centric future

A Nikitas, S Tsigdinos, C Karolemeas, E Kourmpa… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our cities in monumental ways with no sector likely
being more severely impacted than transport. Lockdowns, physical spacing, transport …

Health burden attributable to ambient PM2. 5 in China

C Song, J He, L Wu, T **, X Chen, R Li, P Ren… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In China, over 1.3 billion people have high health risks associated with exposure to
ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) that exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Personal-level protective actions against particulate matter air pollution exposure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

S Rajagopalan, M Brauer, A Bhatnagar, DL Bhatt… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air
pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of …

Machine learning for social science: An agnostic approach

J Grimmer, ME Roberts… - Annual Review of Political …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Social scientists are now in an era of data abundance, and machine learning tools are
increasingly used to extract meaning from data sets both massive and small. We explain …