Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

D Mozaffarian, A Afshin, NL Benowitz, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review

A Berghöfer, T Pischon, T Reinhold, CM Apovian… - BMC public health, 2008 - Springer
Background Obesity has been recognised as an important contributing factor in the
development of various diseases, but comparative data on this condition are limited. We …

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies

JV van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, ML Nuotio, SN Slagter… - BMC endocrine …, 2014 - Springer
Background Not all obese subjects have an adverse metabolic profile predisposing them to
developing type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The BioSHaRE-EU Healthy Obese …

Overweight and obesity in 16 European countries

S Gallus, A Lugo, B Murisic, C Bosetti, P Boffetta… - European journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Purpose In Europe, only a few population-based studies have been conducted on
obesity in different countries at the same time using homogeneous methodologies. We …

Route infrastructure and the risk of injuries to bicyclists: a case-crossover study

K Teschke, MA Harris… - … journal of public …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We compared cycling injury risks of 14 route types and other route infrastructure
features. Methods. We recruited 690 city residents injured while cycling in Toronto or …

Why is the developed world obese?

SN Bleich, D Cutler, C Murray… - Annu. Rev. Public …, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Obesity has risen dramatically in the past few decades. However, the relative contribution of
energy intake and energy expenditure to rising obesity is not known. Moreover, the extent to …

The upstream determinants of adult obesity

J Lakerveld, J Mackenbach - Obesity facts, 2017 - karger.com
Over-consumption of high-energy foods and a lack of physical activity are the main
behavioural risk factors for people to develop obesity. These behaviours are influenced by a …

Why have physical activity levels declined among Chinese adults? Findings from the 1991–2006 China Health and Nutrition Surveys

SW Ng, EC Norton, BM Popkin - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Between 1991 and 2006, average weekly physical activity among adults in China fell by
32%. This paper discusses why total and occupational physical activity levels have fallen …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of market deregulation on fast food consumption and body mass index: a cross-national time series analysis

R De Vogli, A Kouvonen… - Bulletin of the World …, 2014 - SciELO Public Health
Objective To investigate the effect of fast food consumption on mean population body mass
index (BMI) and explore the possible influence of market deregulation on fast food …

Characterizing the obesogenic environment: the state of the evidence with directions for future research

SFL Kirk, TL Penney, TLF McHugh - Obesity reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the explosion of obesogenic environment research within the last decade,
consensus on what constitutes the very environment we are trying to measure has not yet …