Pathways to Health: Association Between Trail Use, Weight Status, and Self-Rated Health Among Adults in Greenville County, South Carolina, 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Hughey, S. Morgan ; Kaczynski, Andrew T. ; Clennin, Morgan N. ; Reed, Julian A.
• Description:
  We examined associations between adults' use of a prominent rail-trail and their weight status and self-rated health. In 2014, a random-digit-dial survey of Greenville County, South Carolina, residents (n = 639) was used to collect data on trail use, height and weight, self-rated health, and demographics. Trail users were half as likely to be overweight or obese as trail nonusers (odds ratio [OR] = 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.33-0.95). Similarly, trail users were significantly more likely to report high self-rated health than were trail nonusers (OR = 1.83; 95% CI, 1.13-2.97). Findings suggest that trail use is associated with healthier weight status and higher self-rated health and supports the development, maintenance, and promotion of trail resources.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160197
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  27978409
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5201148
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  13
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:557fa8766bef66b214e11217b8a700f91eea8681a1a79047a34940af1b3042b7641e86854f7fadbf99ba627b14c35f6911a9addfde35a47938cfe7a52c9c8f22
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