Do forests help to keep my body mass index low?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-17

  Boncinelli, Fabio ^a   Riccioli, Francesco ^a   Marone, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest; Multilevel modelling; Obesogenic environments; Recreational activity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NUTRITION; REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; LAND PLANNING; LOWER AVERAGE; OBESOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES;

HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTS; MODELS; PLANNING;

EID: 84949124899     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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