The built environment and obesity: A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-190

  Feng, Jing ^a   Glass, Thomas A ^a   Curriero, Frank C ^a   Stewart, Walter F ^b   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Contextual effects; Food environment; Land use; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBESITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAND USE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 73049103160     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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