Adherence
Residing in less walkable neighborhoods is associated with a higher predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease risk compared to residing in highly walkable neighborhoods.
If you live in an area with few shops, poor street connectivity, or low density, your risk for heart disease is higher, even if you try to exercise. To counter this, prioritize utilitarian walking (walking to stores, transit) where possible, and be mindful that your environment is working against you. Seek out walkable pockets or plan active commutes to mitigate the structural disadvantage.
In our setting, adults living in less walkable neighborhoods had a higher predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease risk than those living in highly walkable areas.
Why this rating
Large population-based cohort (n=44,448) with robust adjustment for confounders, though cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
Source
Association Between Neighborhood Walkability and Predicted 10‐Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The CANHEART (Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team) Cohort
Nicholas A. Howell et al. · Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019
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