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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project

Authors: Joreintje D Mackenbach, Harry Rutter, Sofie Compernolle, Ketevan Glonti, Jean-Michel Oppert, Helene Charreire, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug, Giel Nijpels, Jeroen Lakerveld

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Understanding which physical environmental factors affect adult obesity, and how best to influence them, is important for public health and urban planning. Previous attempts to summarise the literature have not systematically assessed the methodological quality of included studies, or accounted for environmental differences between continents or the ways in which environmental characteristics were measured.

Methods

We have conducted an updated review of the scientific literature on associations of physical environmental factors with adult weight status, stratified by continent and mode of measurement, accompanied by a detailed risk-of-bias assessment. Five databases were systematically searched for studies published between 1995 and 2013.

Results

Two factors, urban sprawl and land use mix, were found consistently associated with weight status, although only in North America.

Conclusions

With the exception of urban sprawl and land use mix in the US the results of the current review confirm that the available research does not allow robust identification of ways in which that physical environment influences adult weight status, even after taking into account methodological quality.
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Metadata
Title
Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project
Authors
Joreintje D Mackenbach
Harry Rutter
Sofie Compernolle
Ketevan Glonti
Jean-Michel Oppert
Helene Charreire
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Johannes Brug
Giel Nijpels
Jeroen Lakerveld
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-233

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