Social scientists are now in an era of data abundance, and machine learning tools are
increasingly used to extract meaning from data sets both massive and small. We explain …

Abstract Purpose of Review To introduce and provide evidence for the new Syndemic of
COVID-19, Obesity, and Food Insecurity and propose strategies for mitigating its impact …

Background: Since the dawn of cities, the built environment has both affected infectious
disease transmission and evolved in response to infectious diseases. COVID-19 illustrates …

Insufficient physical activity (PA) is the fourth major risk factor for many non-communicable
diseases and premature mortality worldwide. Features of the built environment (BE) play a …

Background Knowing what facilitates and hinders physical activity behaviour across
domains (leisure, travel, work or education, and household) is central for the development of …

Residential environments are associated with people's walking behavior. Transit-related,
non-transit-related, and recreational walking may be differently associated with residential …

Background Built environments have been implicated in the development of chronic
disease, with physical activity (PA) considered one of the critical mechanisms for this …

Background Cable cars are part of the transport system in several cities in Latin America, but
no evaluations of their effects on physical activity are available. TransMiCable is the first …

Background: Cable cars provide urban mobility benefits for vulnerable populations.
However, no evaluation has assessed cable cars' impact from a health perspective …

Recent research has treated new rail transit systems as 'natural experiments', and while they
have generally resulted in increased ridership, the underlying reasons for this remain …