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Title:

Walkability, Transit, and Body Mass Index: Is There a Connection?

Accession Number:

01658073

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Researchers and advocates have increasingly drawn connections between individuals’ transportation choices and healthy body weight, and most have found a connection between body weight and the availability and use of transit as well as active modes of travel. This paper improves on prior research by using a long-running panel dataset, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, to assess the connection between Body Mass Index (BMI) and transit availability, the use of transit, residential density, and neighborhood walkability. Separately, the author assesses whether those who move to transit-richer, denser, or more walkable neighborhoods see systematic changes in body weight over time. There appears to be a connection, though it is of a small magnitude. The largest change in body mass index is associated with giving up one’s car(s), though the changes are slow.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD50 Standing Committee on Environmental Justice in Transportation.

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-04925

Language:

English

Authors:

Smart, Michael J

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Body mass index

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-04925

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:13AM