Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) data and methods in obesity-related research

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 400-411

  Jia, P ^a   Cheng, X ^b   Xue, H ^c   Wang, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; food environment; obesity; obesogenic environment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WALKING;

DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 85012932714     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12495     Document Type: Review

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