Obesity and environments external to the body

S Ulijaszek - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Studies of environment and obesity usually use epidemiologically tractable measures that
are proxies for energy balance or macronutrient composition intake, mostly to identify …

Global trends in child obesity: are figures converging?

MA González-Álvarez, A Lázaro-Alquézar… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Childhood obesity has become one of the most serious global health challenges of our time.
The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity has rapidly increased worldwide …

Examining non-linear associations between population density and waist-hip ratio: An application of gradient boosting decision trees

C Yin, J Cao, B Sun - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies have explored the relationship between population density and obesity, but
there is no consensus, particularly in dense Chinese cities. This study applied gradient …

Population density and obesity in rural China: Mediation effects of car ownership

C Yin, X Yao, B Sun - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-density built environments contribute to obesity by reducing physical activity.
Nevertheless, few studies have explored the relationship between population density and …

Governing public health emergencies during the coronavirus disease outbreak: Lessons from four Chinese cities in the first wave

L Li, S Zhang, J Wang, X Yang, L Wang - Urban Studies, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on
urban living, prompting emergency preparedness and response from public health …

The neighborhood food environment and the onset of child-hood obesity: a retrospective time-trend study in a mid-sized city in China

P Zhou, R Li, K Liu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, obesity and its associated chronic diseases have become a steadily growing
public health problem, spreading from the older to younger age groups. Studies have …

Parenthood, spatial temporal environmental exposure, and leisure-time physical activity participation: Evidence from a micro-timescale retrospective longitudinal study

P Zhou, Z Hu, Y Chen, K Liu, Y Wang - Health & Place, 2024 - Elsevier
Parents with dependent children are at a high risk of physical inactivity. While previous
studies have mostly focused on how parents' time constraints and changing social network …

The association between spatial access to physical activity facilities within home and workplace neighborhoods and time spent on physical activities: evidence from …

Y Liu, X Wang, S Zhou, W Wu - International Journal of Health …, 2020 - Springer
Background Urban residents from the developing world have increasingly adopted a
sedentary lifestyle and spend less time on physical activities (PA). Previous studies on the …

Health determinants, applications, and methods: a systematic literature review on the relationships between the urban transport of people and health

J Barros dos Santos, JP Lima - Transportation research …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study seeks to contextualize the literature related to the urban transport of people and
health. The methodology consisted of a systematic literature review, considering papers …

Disentangling the comparative roles of multilevel built environment on body mass index: Evidence from China

X Wang, C Shao, C Yin, L Guan - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …