Nearly 56% of the global population lives in cities, with this number expected to increase to
6.6 billion or> 70% of the world's population by 2050. Given that cardiometabolic diseases …

Urban environments contribute substantially to the rising burden of cardiometabolic
diseases worldwide. Cities are complex adaptive systems that continually exchange …

The size of global urban population has increased exponentially since the advent of the
industrial revolution, with urban centers attracting large numbers of workers and families …

The world's population is estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050 and 75% of this population
will live in cities. Two-third of the European population already live in urban areas and this …

Cities with varied development types and green space are known to be protective for
cardiometabolic health, while those with higher traffic-related pollution, access to calorie …

That urban environments influence health is not a recent discovery, nor is concern for health
among urban planners a novel development. Public health practitioners, too, have long …

Creating healthy and sustainable cities should be a global priority. Some cities prioritize 15-
minute cities as a planning approach with co-benefits for health, climate change mitigation …

By now, there is a robust literature examining the wide array of public policies and programs
that cities pursue in order to try to become more sustainable. Whether the focus of such …

In the urban age, cities are confronting an array of problems: fossil fuel depletion, climate
change, ageing population and inadequate urban infrastructure, housing affordability, food …

Introduction Half the world population lives in cities and this is likely to increase to 70% over
the next 20 years. Suboptimal urban and transport planning has led to eg high levels of air …