Nichani, VikramTurley, LiamVena, Jennifer E.McCormack, Gavin R.2021-06-032021-06-032021-06-03Nichani, V., Turley, L., Vena, J.E. & McCormack, G.R. (2021). Associations between neighbourhood built characteristics and sedentary behaviours among Canadian men and women: Findings from Alberta’s tomorrow project. Preventive Medicine. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.1066630091-7435YPMED 106663http://hdl.handle.net/1880/113469https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43742Evidence of associations between neighbourhood built characteristics and sedentary behaviours is mixed. The study aim was to investigate the associations between objectively-derived neighbourhood built characteristics and self-reported sedentary behaviours among Canadian men and women. This study sourced survey data from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project (2008; n=14,785), in which sitting and motor vehicle travel times during the last 7 days was measured. Geographic Information System was used to calculate neighbourhood built characteristics within a 400m buffer of participant’s home and a walkability score was estimated. To estimate the associations between neighbourhood characteristics and sedentary behaviours, covariate-adjusted generalized linear regression models were used. Walkability, 3-way intersections, and population count were positively associated with sitting time. Business destinations and greenness were negatively associated with sitting time. Walkability, 3-way, and 4-way intersections were negatively associated with motor vehicle travel time. Sex-specific associations between neighbourhood characteristics and sedentary behaviour were found. Among men, business destinations were negatively associated with sitting time, and 3-way intersections, population count, and walkability were negatively associated with motor vehicle travel time. Among women, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was negatively associated with sitting time. Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviours may need to target neighbourhoods that have built characteristics which might support these behaviours. More research is needed to disentangle the complex relationships between different neighbourhood built characteristics and specific types of sedentary behaviour.engThis license only allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.neighbourhoodbuilt environmentwalkabilitysedentary behavioursitting timemotor vehicle travel timejournal articleFDN-154331https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106663