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We first summarized GLH measurements relevant to outdoor PA. Next, we compared accelerometer measurements to GLH classified PA for a subset of 25 participants who completed 2 weeks of global positioning system and accelerometer monitoring. Finally, we examined the association between GLH measured walking and obesity. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Participants provided a mean (SD) average 52\u2009(18.8)\u00a0months of GLH time-activity data, which included a mean (SD) average of 2421\u2009(1632) trips per participant. GLH measurements were classified as the following: 79,994 unique walking trips (11.6% of all trips), 564,558 (81.8%) trips in a passenger vehicle, 11,974 cycling trips (1.7%), and 890 running trips (0.1%). Sixty-two percent of these trips had location accuracy &gt;80%. In the accelerometry evaluation, GLH walking trips had a corresponding mean vector magnitude of 3150 counts per minute, compared with 489 counts per minute for vehicle trips. 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