Associations between the built environment and jogging behaviour based on voluntarily contributed tracking data: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dengkai Huang, Wenjun Xu, Marco Helbich, Xiaochun Yang · 2025
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Dengkai Huang, Wenjun Xu, Marco Helbich, and Xiaochun Yang reviewed how city design shapes jogging, in a paper from twenty twenty-five. Their evidence comes from tracking data that runners share by choice on fitness platforms. Running is widely pushed for public health, but past reviews had not pooled effect sizes.
From nearly two thousand papers, a few dozen fit the rules, and a smaller set could be pooled. Building density showed the largest link to running, ahead of mixed land use and water features. Parks nearby and transit density mattered little. Green and blue features of nature tied steadily to more running, while slope effects varied by place. The authors flag weak spots, such as reliance on a single platform's data.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dengkai Huang, Wenjun Xu, Marco Helbich, Xiaochun Yang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 110 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |