Greener neighborhoods, slimmer people evidence from 246 920 Australians

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-159

  Astell Burt, T ^a,b   Feng, X ^a   Kolt, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; body mass index; green space; physical activity; sitting time; The 45 and Up Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891833840     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.64     Document Type: Article

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