Determinants of childhood obesity: What can we learn from built environment studies?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-172

  Casey, Romain ^a   Oppert, Jean Michel ^b,c   Weber, Christiane ^d   Charreire, Hélène ^b   Salze, Paul ^d   Badariotti, Dominique ^d   Banos, Arnaud ^d   Fischler, Claude ^e   Hernandez, Claudia Giacoman ^e   Chaix, Basile ^f   Simon, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Built environment; Food services; Obesity; Physical activity facilities; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885066510     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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