What role can urban planning and transportation policy play in the prevention of obesity?

Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Townshend, Tim G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Obesity control; Obesity prevention; Public health policy; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571512.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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