Rationale Obesity remains a significant public health concern globally with over one billion
adults projected to be obese by 2025. To better understand the drivers of obesity and to …

A growing body of literature has focused on the link between objectively‐measured
neighborhood crime rates, obesity, and weight‐related behaviors including physical activity …

Background Although crime and perceived safety are associated with obesity and body
mass index (BMI), the pathways are less clear. Two likely pathways by which crime and …

Much research has considered the relationship between neighbourhood crime and physical
activity, but few studies have assessed clinical outcomes consequent to behaviour, such as …

Many studies document small area inequalities in morbidity and mortality and show
associations between area deprivation and health. However, few studies unpack the “black …

Equivocal findings on crime as a deterrent for physical activity may be due to effects of
geographic scale on exposure measurement. To investigate this hypothesis, physical activity …

Dwelling in a violence-plagued neighborhood may amplify obesity by engendering
psychological distress or by cultivating a sedentary, homebound lifestyle. This relationship is …

Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in many countries, including
Canada. In addition to becoming critical public health challenges in and of themselves, they …

We investigate an underexplored externality of crime: the impact of violent crime on
individuals' participation in walking. For many adults walking is the only regular physical …

Using a multilevel study design, this study examined the associations between social
characteristics of individuals and neighbourhoods and physical activity among women …