Can a motivational walking intervention overcome an unsupportive environment for walking - Findings from the Step-by-Step study

Abstract O40.3Conference Theme: Promoting healthy eating and physical activity: The latest international researchPURPOSE: Interventions to promote walking have rarely examined how their effects varied by the attributes of the physical environment. We examined whether perceived walkability predicted change in walking behavior following individual-based walking intervention, and whether the intervention buffered the effects of unsupportive environment for walking. METHODS: Inactive adults (aged 30-65 years, 85% women) who completed a 3-month randomized control trial comparing the effect of a single mail-out of a theoretically-based self-help walking program (WP, n=102); the same program plus a pedometer (WPP, n=105); and a “no-treatment” control …postprin