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Urbanization disproportionately reduces occupational and household physical activity, while potentially increasing transport and recreational activity in High-Income Countries.
In urban areas, your job and home chores likely provide less physical activity than they did in rural settings. To maintain health, you must intentionally engage in leisure-time exercise or active transport, as urbanization naturally shifts you away from labor-intensive activities.
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The largest negative associations were observed for occupational and household PA, while positive associations were observed for transport and recreational PA.
Why this rating
Large sample, stratified by income level, but self-reported PA.
Source
Urbanization and physical activity in the global Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology study
Kwadwo Boakye et al. · Scientific Reports · 2023
cross_sectional · n=138206Cited 80×
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