Obesity is a major public health issue, affecting both developed and developing societies.
Obesity increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, some cancers, and type II diabetes …

The majority of people now live in an urban (or suburban) environment. The built (material)
environment, its vehicular and pedestrian infrastructure, buildings, and public realm places …

Background In the past two decades, the built environment emerged as a conceptually
important determinant of obesity. As a result, an abundance of studies aiming to link …

The rapid rise in obesity rates over the last 30 years has profound implications for the health
of populations. That this rise has occurred over a relatively short biological time scale …

Persistent trends in overweight and obesity have resulted in a rapid research effort focused
on built environment, physical activity, and overweight. Much of the focus of this research …

Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the
environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements …

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 …

Biological, psychological, behavioral, and social factors are unable to fully explain or curtail
the obesity epidemic. In this article we review research on the influence of the built …

Introduction: Growing evidence suggests the built environment impacts obesity within urban
areas; however, little research has investigated these relationships across levels of …

The continuing obesity epidemic in the USA calls for the examination of antecedents to the
well-known risk factors of physical activity and diet. The neighborhood built environment has …