Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden

H Sung, RL Siegel, LA Torre… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden have been rising
over the past several decades globally. Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of excess …

The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health

HW Kohl, CL Craig, EV Lambert, S Inoue, JR Alkandari… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. We summarise present
global efforts to counteract this problem and point the way forward to address the pandemic …

Role of built environments in physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular disease

JF Sallis, MF Floyd, DA Rodríguez, BE Saelens - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
In industrialized nations like the United States and Sweden, the vast majority of adults do not
meet the physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes per week. 1 Inactive lifestyles put most …

Ecological models of health behavior

JF Sallis, N Owen, E Fisher - Health behavior: Theory, research …, 2015 - books.google.com
In this chapter we provide a brief history of ecological models as applied to health behavior
and describe ecological models as contemporary frameworks for integrating the theories …

Judging nudging: can nudging improve population health?

TM Marteau, D Ogilvie, M Roland, M Suhrcke, MP Kelly - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
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Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment

A De Nazelle, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, JM Antó… - Environment …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Substantial policy changes to control obesity, limit chronic disease, and
reduce air pollution emissions, including greenhouse gasses, have been recommended …

[图书][B] Psychology of physical activity: Determinants, well-being and interventions

S Biddle, N Mutrie - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
As modern lifestyles offer ever more opportunities for a sedentary existence, physical activity
has become, for many, a marginal aspect of life. Too little physical activity is linked to …

Associations between overhead-view and eye-level urban greenness and cycling behaviors

Y Lu, Y Yang, G Sun, Z Gou - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Cycling is one type of physical activities with documented health and environmental
benefits. Little consensus has been reached about the impacts of urban greenness on …

Relationship between the physical environment and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review

J Van Cauwenberg, I De Bourdeaudhuij, F De Meester… - Health & place, 2011 - Elsevier
Previous reviews on children, adolescents and adults have reported consistent relationships
between several physical environmental characteristics and physical activity (PA). This …

Neighbourhood environment and physical activity in older adults

H Chaudhury, M Campo, Y Michael… - Social science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale. The neighbourhood socio-physical environment has effects on health in later life
including health behaviours, chronic illnesses, mental health and mortality. Few studies …