Research highlights from the Status report for step it up! The surgeon general's call to action to promote walking and walkable communities

In September 2015, the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released Step it up!The surgeon general's call to action to promote walking and walkable communities (Call to Action) to increase walking among people across the USA. 1 The Call to Action also recognized that walkable communities can accommodate wheelchair rolling and are inclusive of persons with disabilities.The Status Report for the Call to Action was released in 2017, summarizing the state of walking and walkability in the USA when the Call to Action was released and describing select actions done since to sustain the messages and promote the goals of the Call to Action (Table 1). 2 These Research highlights briefly summarize the key findings of the Status Report.