Book
Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors
Henry Stewart talks., Henry Stewart Talks
2007
Abstract
Audio-visual presentation: Rapid increases in obesity prevalence globally -- Increases in obesity among immigrants -- Socio-cultural influences: human relationships and interactions, attitudes, norms and values and social structure -- "Built environment" influences: how land and space are organised and used and the infrastructure for getting from place to place -- Economic influences: determinants of food access and availability and physical activity patterns -- Variations in obesity prevalence globally and in Europe, Africa and America -- Societal transformations -- Shifts in dietary patterns -- Shifts in physical activity -- The most important environmental pathways: media environment and media use, food marketing, options for physical activity and individual socio-cultural perspectives.
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Details
- Title
- Environmental causes of obesity
- Creators
- Shiriki Kinika Kumanyika
- Series
- Henry Stewart talks.
- Publisher
- Henry Stewart Talks; London
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health; Urban Health Collaborative
- Identifiers
- 991019312331104721