Hutchinson, Jayne orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-5013, Prady, Stephanie Louise orcid.org/0000-0002-8933-8045, Smith, Michaela et al. (2 more authors) (2015) A scoping review of observational studies examining relationships between environmental behaviors and health behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). pp. 4833-4858. ISSN 1660-4601
Abstract
Individual lifestyles are key drivers of both environmental change and chronic disease. We undertook a scoping review of peer-reviewed studies which examined associations between environmental and health behaviors of individuals in high-income countries. We searched EconLit, Medline, BIOSIS and the Social Science Citation Index. A total of 136 studies were included. The majority were USA-based cross-sectional studies using self-reported measures. Most of the evidence related to travel behavior, particularly active travel (walking and cycling) and physical activity (92 studies) or sedentary behaviors (19 studies). Associations of public transport use with physical activity were examined in 18 studies, and with sedentary behavior in one study. Four studies examined associations between car use and physical activity. A small number included other environmental behaviors (food-related behaviors (n = 14), including organic food, locally-sourced food and plate waste) and other health behaviors ((n = 20) smoking, dietary intake, alcohol). These results suggest that research on individual environmental and health behaviors consists largely of studies examining associations between travel mode and levels of physical activity. There appears to be less research on associations between other behaviors with environmental and health impacts, and very few longitudinal studies in any domain.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 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 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Lifestyle,pro-environmental behavior ,health-related behavior,active travel,public transport use,physical activity,consumption |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) ES/L003015/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2015 11:35 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2024 00:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120504833 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/ijerph120504833 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87342 |
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