Obesity and the built environment at different urban scales: Examining the literature

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-61

  Garfinkel Castro, Andrea ^a   Kim, Keuntae ^a   Hamidi, Shima ^b   Ewing, Reid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; Built environment; Obesity; Sprawl; Urban scales; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICAL BIAS; SUBURBAN AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OBESITY; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 85015724174     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw037     Document Type: Article

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