A direct assessment of "obesogenic" built environments: Challenges and recommendations

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gasevic, Danijela ^a   Vukmirovich, Ina ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^b   Teo, Koon ^c   Chow, Clara ^d   Dagenais, Gilles ^e   Lear, Scott A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WALKING;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING;

EID: 84855283959     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/161574     Document Type: Article

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