… that make up the structure of a community and may influence obesity. This review
summarizes existing empirical research relating the built environment to obesity. The Medline, …

… the obesity epidemic. In this article we review research on the influence of the built environment
on obesity. … to their methods of assessing the environment and obesity, as well as to their …

… the epidemiologic literature on built environment and obesity and identified 63 relevant papers,
which were then evaluated for the … The 22 contextual papers evaluated 80 relations, 38 of …

… the association of neighborhood built environments with individual physical inactivity and …
examines the association between built environment and obesity with an emphasis on the …

… and health is still in its early stages, with most being published since the start of this century.
… association between obesity and the built environment. The term ‘obesogenic environments’ …

… As attention for the built environment continues to grow, we aim to gather the current state
of … reviews on the associations between the built environment and overweight or obesity. …

… Though the built environment cannot be said to directly affect human obesity, the built
environment clearly has a relationship to obesity as a consequence of physical activity. Most …

… physical features likely to affect obesity. The built environment includes aspects of one's …
Although evidence relating the built environment to obesity has recently been reviewed (22)…

… deeper into measures of the built environment that were not … design) at the individual, as
opposed to the ecological, level. … efforts address the disparities in access to facilities and the …

… in the same home for at least 2 years were included in the analysis of BMI (n = 740), because
we hypothesized that the effect of the built environment … All 4 groups were included in the …