The built and social neighborhood environment where a child lives has been increasingly
studied as an exposure that may affect child weight long term. We conducted a systematic …

Urban sprawl is the development of sparse suburban areas with low population density,
limited land use diversity, and poor street connectivity. Numerous studies demonstrated that …

Providing access to a variety of healthy and affordable foods has been the goal of several
federal and state policy initiatives in the USA. The first step towards the successful …

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: Urban sprawl adversely effects the sustainability of urban environments by
promoting private vehicle use, decreasing the viability of active/public transport, and …

Most of us have heard of green belts–but how much do we really know about them? This
book tries to separate the fact from the fiction when it comes to green belts by looking both …

Urban sprawl is thought to be a risk factor for childhood obesity primarily because the
physical environment it creates discourages children's physical activity while encouraging …

We examined whether urbanicity–living in inner, middle, outer or growth areas–was
associated with children's developmental vulnerability. We also explored effects of …

ABSTRACT US post‐war suburbanization has reshaped the spatial pattern of growth in
many metropolitan areas, with population and employment shift toward the suburbs resulting …

OBJECTIVE: To perform a narrative literature review to describe the availability of food
retailers (groceries and eateries) and their association with obesity in schoolchildren and …