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In a world where obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, a
thorough understanding of the underlying causes of the problem is
essential if society, public health initiatives and government
policies are to successfully address the issue. The obesogenic
environment describes all the possible influences that our
environment presents which encourage overweight and obesity in
individuals and populations.
Beginning with an overarching introduction to obesity and its
implications for health and wellbeing, the book will move on to
consider such crucial areas as eating behaviours and food
environments, physical activity and the environment, the urban
environment, methods, policy and future research directions.
Brings together expertise from across a range of
disciplines
Written by a truly multidisciplinary team of international
authors
Presents some of the most innovative thinking in the battle
against obesity
This groundbreaking book brings together for the first time the
knowledge of experts with backgrounds in nutrition and dietetics,
policy, epidemiology, environmental sciences, medical sciences,
town planning and urban design, transport, geography and physical
activity in order to offer a multidisciplinary approach to public
health, suggesting new and exciting ways to shape our environment
to better support healthful decisions.
Auteur
Dr Amelia A Lake, Senior Lecturer in Food and Nutrition,
Applied Biosciences, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria
University, Newcastle, UK
Tim Townshend, Director of Planning and Urban Design
& Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, School of Architecture,
Planning & Landscape, Newcastle University, UK
Dr Seraphim Alvanides, Reader in GISc and the Built Env,
Northumbria University, UK
Résumé
In a world where obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, a thorough understanding of the underlying causes of the problem is essential if society, public health initiatives and government policies are to successfully address the issue. The obesogenic environment describes all the possible influences that our environment presents which encourage overweight and obesity in individuals and populations.
Beginning with an overarching introduction to obesity and its implications for health and wellbeing, the book will move on to consider such crucial areas as eating behaviours and food environments, physical activity and the environment, the urban environment, methods, policy and future research directions.
Contenu
Contributors.
About the editors.
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
1. An international perspective on obesity and obesogenic environments (WPT James, R Leach & N Rigby).
1.1 Introduction: the emergence of obesity.
1.2 The magnitude of the problem.
1.3 The basis for the current underestimated burden of obesity.
1.4 Individual susceptibility to weight gain and the persistence of obesity.
1.5 The environmental basis for the obesity epidemic.
2. Towards transdisciplinary approaches to tackle obesity (Tim G Townshend, Louisa Ells, Seraphim Alvanides, Amelia A Lake).
2.1 The focus on interdisciplinary research.
2.2 Defining modes of interdisciplinarity.
2.3 The complexity of obesity.
2.4 The challenge of interdisciplinary understanding.
2.5 Interdisciplinary policy and practice.
2.6 Discussion.
3. Walkabilility, Neighbourhood Design, and Obesity (Jennifer Robertson-Wilson and Billie Giles-Corti).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 What is walkability?
3.3 Measuring walkability.
3.4 Linking neighbourhood design aspects of walkability to obesity.
3.4.1 Walkability and obesity.
3.5 Breaking down walkability.
3.6 Urban sprawl, geographic location and obesity.
3.7 Other design features and obesity.
3.8 Neighbourhood design as a moderator.
3.9 Summary of findings and future directions in research on the impact of neighbourhood design and/or walkability and obesity?
3.10 Summary.
4. Availability and accessibility in physical activity environments (Andy Jones & Jenna Panter).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 The concept of availability and accessibility.
4.3 Perceived and objective measures of the physical activity environment.
4.4 Comparing perceived and objective measures.
4.5 Relationships with utilisation.
4.6 Equity of access and facility provision.
4.7 Conclusions.
5. Defining and mapping obesogenic environments for children (Kim L. Edwards).
5.1 Children's obesogenic environments.
5.2 Advantages of mapping obesogenic environments in children.
5.3 How to map obesogenic environments data representation.
5.4 Problems with spatial data.
5.5 Spatial analysis techniques.
5.6 Conclusion.
5.7 Acknowledgements
6. Objective measurement of children's physical activity in the environment :UK perspective (Ashley Cooper & Angie Page).
6.1 UK policy and research context.
6.2 A brief review of current studies in the United Kingdom.
6.3 Objective measurement in physical activity research.
6.4 Conclusion.
7. Physical activity and environments which promote active living in Youth (US) (H. Mollie Greves Grow, Brian E. Saelens).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Case examples.
7.3 School and child care.
7.4 Community settings (home/neighbourhood).
7.5 Conclusions and future research.
8. Active travel (Roger Mackett).
8.1 The potential for active travel.
8.2 Trends in active travel.
8.3 Barriers to active travel.
8.4 Overcoming the barriers to active travel.
8.5 Policies and measures to increase the volume of active travel.
8.6 The effectiveness of policies and measures to increase the volume of active travel.
8.7 Conclusions.
9. Greenspace, obesity and health: evidence and issues (Caroline Brown).
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Green space, health and obesity.
9.3 Green space, obesity and food.
9.4 Green space and physical activity. 9.5 Green space and children's health.</p>...