Citation

Samimi A, Mohammadian AK, Madanizadeh S. Transp. Res. D Trans. Environ. 2009; 14(1): 67-71.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.trd.2008.10.002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We develop models to investigate the effects of transportation, land-use, and built environment variables along with demographic and socio-economic factors on people's general health and obesity. The work showed that transit-oriented development has a significant positive impact on the general health and obesity of the people. The study results suggest that one percent decrease in the use of automobiles can decrease obesity by 0.4%.