Density, destinations or both? A comparison of measures of walkability in relation to transportation behaviors, obesity and diabetes in Toronto, Canada.

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Published in PLoS One on January 14, 2014

Authors

Richard H Glazier1, Maria I Creatore2, Jonathan T Weyman3, Ghazal Fazli3, Flora I Matheson4, Peter Gozdyra2, Rahim Moineddin5, Vered Kaufman-Shriqui, Vered Kaufman Shriqui3, Gillian L Booth6

Author Affiliations

1: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
4: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
6: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Serum Insulin Response After Acute and Chronic Sucralose Ingestion in Healthy Volunteers With Variable Body Mass Index | NCT03703141

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