Active transportation and public transportation use to achieve physical activity recommendations? A combined GPS, accelerometer, and mobility survey study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Julie Méline²  Frédérique Thomas¹  Camille Perchoux⁴  Noëlla Karusisi²  Antoine Lewin²  Ruben Brondeel⁵  Bruno Pannier¹  Benoît Thierry⁴  Claire Merrien²  Scott Duncan³  Yan Kestens⁴  Basile Chaix² 

[1] Centre d’Investigations Préventives et Cliniques, 6 rue La Pérouse, Paris, 75116, France;Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, Paris, 75012, France;Human Potential Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 17 Antares Place, Mairangi Bay, Auckland 0632, New Zealand;Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Université de Montréal, 1430 Boulevard Mont-Royal, Montréal H2V 4P3, Québec, Canada;EHESP School of Public Health, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, Rennes, 35043, France

关键词: Public transportation;    Walking;    Transportation;    Energy expenditure;    Physical activity;    Accelerometry;    GPS;   

Others  :  1136189
DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-014-0124-x

 received in 2013-10-28, accepted in 2014-09-19,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Accurate information is lacking on the extent of transportation as a source of physical activity, on the physical activity gains from public transportation use, and on the extent to which population shifts in the use of transportation modes could increase the percentage of people reaching official physical activity recommendations.

Methods

In 2012–2013, 234 participants of the RECORD GPS Study (French Paris region, median age = 58) wore a portable GPS receiver and an accelerometer for 7 consecutive days and completed a 7-day GPS-based mobility survey (participation rate = 57.1%). Information on transportation modes and accelerometry data aggregated at the trip level [number of steps taken, energy expended, moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and sedentary time] were available for 7,644 trips. Associations between transportation modes and accelerometer-derived physical activity were estimated at the trip level with multilevel linear models.

Results

Participants spent a median of 1 h 58 min per day in transportation (8.2% of total time). Thirty-eight per-cent of steps taken, 31% of energy expended, and 33% of MVPA over 7 days were attributable to transportation. Walking and biking trips but also public transportation trips with all four transit modes examined were associated with greater steps, MVPA, and energy expenditure when compared to trips by personal motorized vehicle. Two simulated scenarios, implying a shift of approximately 14% and 33% of all motorized trips to public transportation or walking, were associated with a predicted 6 point and 13 point increase in the percentage of participants achieving the current physical activity recommendation.

Conclusions

Collecting data with GPS receivers, accelerometers, and a GPS-based electronic mobility survey of activities and transportation modes allowed us to investigate relationships between transportation modes and physical activity at the trip level. Our findings suggest that an increase in active transportation participation and public transportation use may have substantial impacts on the percentage of people achieving physical activity recommendations.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Chaix et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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