Background Understanding which physical environmental factors affect adult obesity, and
how best to influence them, is important for public health and urban planning. Previous …

Background In the past decade, various reviews described the relationship between the
physical environment and different physical activity (PA) domains. Yet, the majority of the …

Social capital is a concept that indicates the strength of the relationship among people
inside and outside a community. It is a factor that facilitates policy for community formation …

Local parks and walkable neighborhoods are commonly cited as elements of the urban
environment that promote physical activity and reduce obesity risk. When those vulnerable …

Recent environmental changes play a role in the dramatic increase in the prevalence of
cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) such as obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes …

Features of the built environment are increasingly being recognised as potentially important
determinants of obesity. This has come about, in part, because of advances in …

The rapid economic growth of Chinese cities has attracted an increasingly migrant
population. Faced with institutionalized discrimination caused by the Hukou system …

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 …

This study compares the existing statistical association between suicide mortality and the
characteristics of places of residence (municipalities), before and during the current …

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through Urban Planning Page 2 Healthy Cities Page 3 To Tapas, Ratna, Sarika, Rini and …