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 …

Context and objectives Neighbourhood effect research on obesity took off in the early 2000s
and was composed of mostly cross-sectional observational studies interested in various …

It is widely believed that neighbourhood design can play a role in promoting walking.
However, when personal attitudes and preferences as well as different types of walking are …

Background Obesity is a key risk factor for major chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes
and cardiovascular diseases. To extensively characterise the obesogenic built environment …

Objective Environmental factors that drive obesity are often studied individually, whereas
obesogenic environments are likely to consist of multiple factors from food and physical …

One common goal of urban planning is to promote health, where the built environment (BE)
is believed to play an essential role. This study provides new evidence for the links between …

Objective This study examined the cross‐sectional and longitudinal relationships of built
environment characteristics with adiposity and glycaemic measures. Method Longitudinal …

The physical learning environment is often considered to be a secondary element of
education. Therefore, this study examined the following research questions: What role does …

Increasing physical activity can reduce obesity risk among adolescents. This study analyses
how behaviours, ethnicity and various sociocultural characteristics may influence the …

The research aim was to investigate associations between objectively-assessed built
environment attributes and metabolic risk in adolescents of Pacific Islands ethnicity, and to …