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Characterizing physical activity and food urban environments: a GIS-based multicomponent proposal
International journal of health geographics, v 15(1), pp 35-35
04 Oct 2016
PMID: 27716312
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Abstract
Background: Healthier urban environments influence the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors. Our aim was to design and implement a multicomponent method based on Geographic Information Systems to characterize and evaluate environmental correlates of obesity: the food and the physical activity urban environments.
Methods: Study location comprised a socio-demographically average urban area of 12 contiguous census sections (approximate to 16,000 residents), in Madrid, Spain. We conducted on-field audits on all food stores and street segments. We designed a synthetic index integrating continuous measures of both environments, by kernel density analyses. Index ranges from 0 to 100 (least-most healthy).
Results: We found a heterogeneous distribution with 75 and 50 % of the area scoring less than 36.8 and 25.5, respectively. Census sections of study area were categorized by Jenks intervals as high, medium-high, medium-low and low. 41.0 % of residents lived in an area with a low score, 23.6 % medium-low and 31.1 % medium-high and 4.2 % in a high.
Conclusion: The proposed synthetic index may be a relevant tool to inform urban health interventions, providing a feasible way to integrate different measures of barriers and facilitators of healthy urban environments in terms of food and physical activity.
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- Title
- Characterizing physical activity and food urban environments: a GIS-based multicomponent proposal
- Creators
- Alba Cebrecos - University of AlcaláJulia Diez - University of AlcaláPedro Gullon - Escuela Nacional de SanidadUsama Bilal - BloombergManuel Franco - BloombergFrancisco Escobar - University of Alcalá
- Publication Details
- International journal of health geographics, v 15(1), pp 35-35
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- 336893 / European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme/ERC Starting Grant HeartHealthyHoods Johns Hopkins Center Obra Social La Caixa; La Caixa Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000384701200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84990041894
- Other Identifier
- 991019189125404721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health