Obesogenic environments: A systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mackenbach, Joreintje D ^a   Rutter, Harry ^b   Compernolle, Sofie ^c   Glonti, Ketevan ^b   Oppert, Jean Michel ^d,e   Charreire, Helene ^f   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^c   Brug, Johannes ^a   Nijpels, Giel ^a   Lakerveld, Jeroen ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Obesity; Overweight; Physical environment; Quality assessment; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898035817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-233     Document Type: Article

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