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Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration
The promotion of physical activity through better urban design is one pathway by which health and well-being improvements can be achieved. This study aimed to quantify health and health-related economic impacts associated with physical activity in an urban riverside park regeneration project in Barc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30764538 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030462 |
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author | Vert, Cristina Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Gascon, Mireia Grellier, James Fleming, Lora E. White, Mathew P. Rojas-Rueda, David |
author_facet | Vert, Cristina Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Gascon, Mireia Grellier, James Fleming, Lora E. White, Mathew P. Rojas-Rueda, David |
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description | The promotion of physical activity through better urban design is one pathway by which health and well-being improvements can be achieved. This study aimed to quantify health and health-related economic impacts associated with physical activity in an urban riverside park regeneration project in Barcelona, Spain. We used data from Barcelona local authorities and meta-analysis assessing physical activity and health outcomes to develop and apply the “Blue Active Tool”. We estimated park user health impacts in terms of all-cause mortality, morbidity (ischemic heart disease; ischemic stroke; type 2 diabetes; cancers of the colon and breast; and dementia), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and health-related economic impacts. We estimated that 5753 adult users visited the riverside park daily and performed different types of physical activity (walking for leisure or to/from work, cycling, and running). Related to the physical activity conducted on the riverside park, we estimated an annual reduction of 7.3 deaths (95% CI: 5.4; 10.2), and 6.2 cases of diseases (95% CI: 2.0; 11.6). This corresponds to 11.9 DALYs (95% CI: 3.4; 20.5) and an annual health-economic impact of 23.4 million euros (95% CI: 17.2 million; 32.8 million). The urban regeneration intervention of this riverside park provides health and health-related economic benefits to the population using the infrastructure. |
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spelling | pubmed-63882322019-02-27 Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration Vert, Cristina Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Gascon, Mireia Grellier, James Fleming, Lora E. White, Mathew P. Rojas-Rueda, David Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The promotion of physical activity through better urban design is one pathway by which health and well-being improvements can be achieved. This study aimed to quantify health and health-related economic impacts associated with physical activity in an urban riverside park regeneration project in Barcelona, Spain. We used data from Barcelona local authorities and meta-analysis assessing physical activity and health outcomes to develop and apply the “Blue Active Tool”. We estimated park user health impacts in terms of all-cause mortality, morbidity (ischemic heart disease; ischemic stroke; type 2 diabetes; cancers of the colon and breast; and dementia), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and health-related economic impacts. We estimated that 5753 adult users visited the riverside park daily and performed different types of physical activity (walking for leisure or to/from work, cycling, and running). Related to the physical activity conducted on the riverside park, we estimated an annual reduction of 7.3 deaths (95% CI: 5.4; 10.2), and 6.2 cases of diseases (95% CI: 2.0; 11.6). This corresponds to 11.9 DALYs (95% CI: 3.4; 20.5) and an annual health-economic impact of 23.4 million euros (95% CI: 17.2 million; 32.8 million). The urban regeneration intervention of this riverside park provides health and health-related economic benefits to the population using the infrastructure. MDPI 2019-02-05 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6388232/ /pubmed/30764538 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030462 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vert, Cristina Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Gascon, Mireia Grellier, James Fleming, Lora E. White, Mathew P. Rojas-Rueda, David Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title | Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title_full | Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title_fullStr | Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title_full_unstemmed | Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title_short | Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to an Urban Riverside Regeneration |
title_sort | health benefits of physical activity related to an urban riverside regeneration |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30764538 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030462 |
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