成年人動態交通行為、身體活動與健康之探討

Active transportation, physical activity and health outcome among adults

根據世界衛生組織的報告指出，身體活動量不足是目前全球排名第四位的死亡危險因子。因此，如何促進民眾達到充足的身體活動量，為全球公共衛生領域的重要目標。其中，動態交通行為是成年人在日常生活中，累積充足身體活動量的重要方式之一，本文之主要目的為綜整國內外文獻，瞭解成年人進行動態交通行為對其身體活動量及健康的影響，結果顯示從事動態交通行為可以增加整體的身體活動量且降低心血管疾病、糖尿病、肥胖、罹癌等慢性疾病及死亡的風險。據此，建議公部門未來應深入了解國內民眾使用各運具之行為，因地制宜提出具有誘因的相關措施，提倡及宣導國人利用步行、騎自行車等動態交通方式，以促進身體活動量及疾病預防。

According to World Health Organization, physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. Thus, developing effective strategies for promoting physical activity would be a public health priority. Active transportation has been recognized as a promising way for adults to engage in sufficient physical activity in daily life. This study aimed to describe the associations of active transportation with physical activity and health outcome in adults using literature review. The results show that active transportation is associated with increased levels of physical activity and lower risks of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, certain type of cancer and all-cause mortality. These results may provide critical implications for policy makers and intervention designers that for the initiatives of physical activity promotion and disease prevention, there is an urgent need to better understand transport-related behavior in adults for developing effective strategies to promote active transportation in Taiwanese adults.