Is promoting public transit an effective intervention for obesity? A longitudinal study of the relation between public transit usage and obesity

• Main Authors: SHE, Zhaowei, KING, Douglas M., SHELDON, Jacobson H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Operations and Supply Chain Management; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7122; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8121/viewcontent/Transportation.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There is increasing evidence on the association between public transit usage and obesity. To further understand the causal impact of changes in county public transit usage on county obesity rates, this paper presents a longitudinal study on this topic. Annual health data from the Behavioral Risk Fac...