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Congdon, Peter. "Obesity and Urban Environments." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 3 (2019): 464. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030464.

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Obesity is a major public health issue, affecting both developed and developing societies. Obesity increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, some cancers, and type II diabetes. While individual behaviours are important risk factors, impacts on obesity and overweight of the urban physical and social environment have figured large in the recent epidemiological literature, though evidence is incomplete and from a limited range of countries. Prominent among identified environmental influences are urban layout and sprawl, healthy food access, exercise access, and the neighbourhood social enviro

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Assis, Maíra Macário de, Maria Alvim Leite, Ariene Silva do Carmo, et al. "Food environment, social deprivation and obesity among students from Brazilian public schools." Public Health Nutrition 22, no. 11 (2018): 1920–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s136898001800112x.

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AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between social deprivation and the food environment. Furthermore, to evaluate if the food environment is associated with the prevalence of obesity among students in Brazilian public schools.DesignCross-sectional. For the classification of obesity, weight and height were measured, and the cut-off point of BMI-for-age Z-score >+2 was adopted. Social deprivation level was determined from the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI). To assess the food environment, the density of food establishments in urban residential areas was calculated. Associations

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Chunara, Rumi, Lindsay Bouton, John W. Ayers, and John S. Brownstein. "Assessing the Online Social Environment for Surveillance of Obesity Prevalence." PLoS ONE 8, no. 4 (2013): e61373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061373.

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Suglia, Shakira F., Rachel C. Shelton, Amber Hsiao, Y. Claire Wang, Andrew Rundle, and Bruce G. Link. "Why the Neighborhood Social Environment Is Critical in Obesity Prevention." Journal of Urban Health 93, no. 1 (2016): 206–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-015-0017-6.

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Arhire, Lidia Iuliana. "Personal and Social Responsibility in Obesity." Romanian Journal of Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 22, no. 3 (2015): 321–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rjdnmd-2015-0039.

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Abstract The health of a population is a social asset. The individual and the society contribute to it through biology and behaviour, environment and health systems. An ethical and responsible conduct from all parties is expected but difficult to legislate while seeking to respect personal and collective rights and freedoms. Out of all chronic diseases related to lifestyle, obesity is the best example to give when discussing if individuals are the only ones responsible for engaging in healthy behaviours or not, or whether environmental factors undermine their ability to act in their best inter

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Noh, Keeyoon, and Jihyun Jane Min. "Understanding School-Aged Childhood Obesity of Body Mass Index: Application of the Social-Ecological Framework." Children 7, no. 9 (2020): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7090134.

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In order to understand the prevalence of school-aged childhood obesity in the United States and suggest better methods to prevent and treat the public health problem, we examined it with significant and identifiable factors within the social-ecological model. To investigate the association between social-ecological factors and child obesity/overweight (BMI), we used the 5th wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. The dataset included information on 9-year-old children. The sample size for our study was 2054. We utilized multiple normal distributions for missing values and the O

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Alexander, Dayna S., Chunhua Cao, and Moya L. Alfonso. "Examining Whether the Social Cognitive Theory Concepts Predict Childhood Obesity Prevention Outcome Expectations." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 41, no. 2 (2020): 143–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272684x20915383.

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The social cognitive theory (SCT) has been used to explain and promote childhood obesity prevention behaviors. We examined whether the SCT concepts predicted outcome expectations of childhood obesity among the children of African American caregivers. Caregivers ( n = 128) completed the childhood obesity perceptions paper-based survey. A multiple linear regression was conducted to determine the direct effects of moral disengagement, environment, self-efficacy, and behavioral capability on outcome expectations ( p < .05). A mediation analysis using a bootstrapping bias correction method was u

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Trasande, Leonardo, Chris Cronk, Maureen Durkin, et al. "Environment and Obesity in the National Children's Study." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 15, no. 1 (2010): 195–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1413-81232010000100025.

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We describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study (NCS) to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development of obesity. We review the literature with regard to the two core hypotheses in the NCS that relate to environmental origins of obesity and describe strategies that will be used to test each hypothesis. Although it is clear that obesity in an individual results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, control of the obesity epidemic will require understanding of factors in the modern built environment and chemical exposures that may have the

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Poortinga, Wouter. "Perceptions of the environment, physical activity, and obesity." Social Science & Medicine 63, no. 11 (2006): 2835–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.018.

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Velásquez-Meléndez, Gustavo, Larissa Loures Mendes, and Cristina Maria Proença Padez. "Built environment and social environment: associations with overweight and obesity in a sample of Brazilian adults." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 29, no. 10 (2013): 1988–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311x00078112.

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The aim of this study was to assess associations between the built environment and social environment and excess weight in an urban population. Participants were selected from the Surveillance System for Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases (VIGITEL). The study used data from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 3,425 interviews from the years 2008 and 2009 were used. Georeferenced data on parks, squares, and locations for physical exercise, population density, and food stores were used to assess the built environment. Description of the social environment used incom

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Morland, Kimberly B., and Kelly R. Evenson. "Obesity prevalence and the local food environment." Health & Place 15, no. 2 (2009): 491–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.004.

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Rooks, Ronica N., Yanmei Xu, and David R. Williams. "Examining Neighborhood Environment and Central Obesity in the YES Health Study." Journal of Social Issues 70, no. 2 (2014): 360–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josi.12064.

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Ribeiro, Ana Isabel, Ana Cristina Santos, Verónica M. Vieira, and Henrique Barros. "Hotspots of childhood obesity in a large metropolitan area: does neighbourhood social and built environment play a part?" International Journal of Epidemiology 49, no. 3 (2019): 934–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz205.

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Abstract Background Effective place-based interventions for childhood obesity call for the recognition of the high-risk neighbourhoods and an understanding of the determinants present locally. However, such an approach is uncommon. In this study, we identified neighbourhoods with elevated prevalence of childhood obesity (‘hotspots’) in the Porto Metropolitan Area and investigated to what extent the socio-economic and built environment characteristics of the neighbourhoods explained such hotspots. Methods We used data on 5203 7-year-old children from a population-based birth cohort, Generation

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Kowaleski-Jones, Lori, Barbara B. Brown, Jessie X. Fan, Heidi A. Hanson, Ken R. Smith, and Cathleen D. Zick. "The joint effects of family risk of obesity and neighborhood environment on obesity among women." Social Science & Medicine 195 (December 2017): 17–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.018.

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Amarasinghe, Anura, and Gerard D'Souza. "Individual, Social, Economic, and Environmental Model: A Paradigm Shift for Obesity Prevention." ISRN Public Health 2012 (November 26, 2012): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/571803.

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Obesity has joined the list of “wicked problems” with associated implications for public health, food security, and the entire food supply chain. This paper examines the possible causes, consequences, and policy implications, especially important in an environment of shrinking budgets. The causes of obesity are multifaceted and involve complex interactions; hence any successful prevention and mitigation strategy should identify the key factors and interactions thereof. We propose a dynamic and integrated individual, social, economic and environmental model (ISEEM) to accomplish this. Within th

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Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Jean-Philippe Chaput, Mikael Fogelholm, et al. "International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE): Contributions to Understanding the Global Obesity Epidemic." Nutrients 11, no. 4 (2019): 848. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11040848.

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The purpose of this review is to summarize the scientific contributions of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) in extending our understanding about obesity in children from around the world. ISCOLE was a multi-national study of 9 to 11 year-old children from sites in 12 countries from all inhabited continents. The primary purpose was to investigate relationships between lifestyle behaviors and obesity, and the influence of higher-order characteristics such as behavioral settings, and physical, social and policy environments. ISCOLE has made seve

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Giabbanelli, Philippe J., Azadeh Alimadad, Vahid Dabbaghian, and Diane T. Finegood. "Modeling the influence of social networks and environment on energy balance and obesity." Journal of Computational Science 3, no. 1-2 (2012): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2012.01.004.

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Klesges, Robert C., Linda H. Eck, Cindy L. Hanson, C. Keith Haddock, and Lisa M. Klesges. "Effects of obesity, social interactions, and physical environment on physical activity in preschoolers." Health Psychology 9, no. 4 (1990): 435–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.9.4.435.

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Akram, Hammad, Gohar Ashraf, and Muhammad Asif Ijaz. "The Impacts of Complex Social, Environmental, and Behavioral Factors on Obesity." International Journal of Basic Science in Medicine 3, no. 3 (2018): 94–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijbsm.2018.17.

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Obesity is a prominent global phenomenon of this century related to the several chronic diseases and associated mortality. Social determinants and environmental factors could play an important role among humans in the adoption of certain behaviors leading to the obesity and related health issues. This makes obesity a complex public health issue dependent on several physiological, pathobiological and psychological phenomena. This manuscript is an attempt to examine the complex interrelationship between the social environment, social determinants, and behavioral factors and their role in the dev

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GONZÁLEZ-PARRA, GILBERTO, ABRAHAM J. ARENAS, and F. J. SANTONJA. "STOCHASTIC MODELING WITH MONTE CARLO OF OBESITY POPULATION." Journal of Biological Systems 18, no. 01 (2010): 93–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218339010003159.

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In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of a mathematical model of obesity population within fluctuating social environment. A stochastic differential equation model is constructed by perturbing two social related parameters of the deterministic model with white noise terms characterized by Gaussian distribution having zero mean and unit spectral density. In order to compute the numerical solution of the stochastic models Euler-Maruyama numerical method is used. Confidence intervals for the overweight and obesity childhood population are computed using Monte Carlo method. Analysis of the nu

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Penney, Tarra L., Eva Almiron-Roig, Cindy Shearer, Jessie-Lee McIsaac, and Sara F. L. Kirk. "Modifying the food environment for childhood obesity prevention: challenges and opportunities." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 73, no. 2 (2014): 226–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665113003819.

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The prevention of childhood obesity is a global priority. However, a range of complex social and environmental influences is implicated in the development of obesity and chronic disease that goes beyond the notion of individual choice. A population-level approach recognises the importance of access to and availability of healthy foods outside the home. These external food environments, in restaurants, supermarkets, and in school, or recreation and sports settings, are often characterised by energy dense, nutrient-poor food items that do not reflect the current nutritional guidelines for health

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Zhang, Hao, and Li Yin. "A Meta-analysis of the Literature on the Association of the Social and Built Environment With Obesity: Identifying Factors in Need of More In-Depth Research." American Journal of Health Promotion 33, no. 5 (2018): 792–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117118817713.

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Objective: This study aims to identify groups of the social and built environment factors that have been studied substantially along with factors that need further attention, to guide the research, designing, and planning of the social and built environment for reducing obesity prevalence. Data Source: A systematic search of literature was undertaken from PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Knowledge. Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Keyword combination of “built environment,” “social environment,” and “obesity” were used to expand the search scope. Exclusion criteria included (1) any ar

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Wolfe, Mary K., and Noreen C. McDonald. "Association Between Neighborhood Social Environment and Children’s Independent Mobility." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 13, no. 9 (2016): 970–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2015-0662.

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Background:Independent travel among youth has diminished and rates of obesity have increased. It remains empirically unclear what factors influence the degree to which parents allow, or even enable, their children to be independently mobile. We analyze the association between parental perceptions of the social environment and the degree of independent mobility among children.Methods:Surveys were conducted with 305 parents of 10- to 14-year-olds in the Bay Area during 2006 and 2007. The social environment was measured with scales assessing parental perceptions of child-centered social control,

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Chaparro, M. Pia, Maria Fátima Pina, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, et al. "The association between the neighbourhood social environment and obesity in Brazil: a cross-sectional analysis of the ELSA-Brasil study." BMJ Open 9, no. 9 (2019): e026800. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026800.

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ObjectiveTo investigate the association between the neighbourhood social environment, including social cohesion, perceived neighbourhood safety, perceived neighbourhood violence, and obesity in Brazil.DesignCross-sectional study.Setting6 state capitals in Brazil (Salvador, Vitoria, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro)ParticipantsCurrent or former employees of five federal universities and one research centre in each of the six Brazilian state capitals who were participants of the baseline wave (2008–2010) of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (n=11 456; 56%

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Thorpe, Roland J., Elizabeth Kelley, Janice V. Bowie, Derek M. Griffith, Marino Bruce, and Thomas LaVeist. "Explaining Racial Disparities in Obesity Among Men." American Journal of Men's Health 9, no. 6 (2014): 464–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988314551197.

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National data indicate that Black men have higher rates of obesity than White men. Black men also experience earlier onset of many chronic conditions and premature mortality linked to obesity. Explanations for these disparities have been underexplored, and existing national-level studies may be limited in their ability to explicate these long-standing patterns. National data generally do not account for race differences in risk exposures resulting from racial segregation or the confounding between race and socioeconomic status. Therefore, these differences in obesity may be a function of socia

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Wood, Matthew. "Social Marketing for Social Change." Social Marketing Quarterly 22, no. 2 (2016): 107–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500416633429.

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This article explores the role of social marketing in achieving health equality and social change in the context of obesity, one of the most serious global public health issues we face today. Social marketing has traditionally taken a downstream focus, targeting individuals to change their behavior. This article takes a critical perspective, supporting moves toward upstream social marketing and applying a socioecological model to social marketing theory. At the macrolevel, the marketing activities of some companies and social–economic environment mean it is difficult for some consumers to make

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Jones, Antwan. "Residential instability and obesity over time: The role of the social and built environment." Health & Place 32 (March 2015): 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.01.001.

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Keller, Colleen, Michael Todd, Barbara Ainsworth, et al. "Overweight, Obesity, and Neighborhood Characteristics among Postpartum Latinas." Journal of Obesity 2013 (2013): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/916468.

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Background. Weight gain during the childbearing years and failure to lose pregnancy weight after birth contribute to the development of obesity in Latinas.Design and Methods.Madres para la Salud(Mothers for Health) is a 12-month prospective, randomized controlled trial exploring a social support intervention with moderate-intensity physical activity to effect changes in body fat, systemic and fat tissue inflammation, and depression symptoms in sedentary postpartum Latinas. This paper describes the initial body composition of the sample, social support, and neighborhood contextual correlations

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Chen, Meifang, Virginia Howard, Kathy F. Harrington, Thomas Creger, Suzanne E. Judd, and Kevin R. Fontaine. "Does Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Mediate the Association Between Food Environment and Obesity Among Non-Hispanic Black and White Older US Adults? A Path Analysis." American Journal of Health Promotion 34, no. 6 (2020): 652–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117120905240.

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Purpose: This study aims to test the hypothesis that in addition to a direct effect of food environment on obesity, food environment is indirectly associated with obesity through consuming Mediterranean diet (MD). Design: Cross-sectional secondary data analysis. Setting: Nationwide community-dwelling residency. Sample: A total of 20 897 non-Hispanic black and white adults aged ≥45 years who participated in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study and completed baseline assessment during January 2003 and October 2007. Measures: The Modified Retail Food Environment Index

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Belon, Ana Paula, and Candace Nykiforuk. "Possibilities and challenges for physical and social environment research in Brazil: a systematic literature review on health behaviors." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 29, no. 10 (2013): 1955–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311x00044513.

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This systematic review analyzed articles focused on the relationship between environment (physical, built, perceived, and social) and smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, diet, and obesity in Brazil. Studies published between 19952011 were retrieved from seven databases and hand searches. Based on the 42 articles reviewed, gaps were identified and recommendations were made for future research. Despite a growing number of studies, the Brazilian literature is still limited. The increase of articles in 2010-2011 coincided with the diversification of lifestyles studied, although physical

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Michael, Yvonne L., Corey L. Nagel, Rachel Gold, and Teresa A. Hillier. "Does change in the neighborhood environment prevent obesity in older women?" Social Science & Medicine 102 (February 2014): 129–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.047.

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Song, Jingqi, Ji Zhang, Wafaie Fawzi, and Yangmu Huang. "Double Burden of Malnutrition among Chinese Women of Reproductive Age and Their Social Determinants." Nutrients 12, no. 10 (2020): 3102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12103102.

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This study aimed to examine the impact of a wide range of demographic, socioeconomic, and community factors on the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age using longitudinal data. We used data about 11,348 women of reproductive age who participated in the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), a longitudinal survey, between 1989 and 2015. Nutritional outcomes were categorized into four groups, namely underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity, with normal weight as reference. A multinomial logit model was fitted due to geographic clustering and repeated observ

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Font, Joan Costa, Daniele Fabbri, and Joan Gil. "Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: Does the social environment matter?" Social Science & Medicine 70, no. 8 (2010): 1185–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.011.

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Daniels, Kimberly M., Leah H. Schinasi, Amy H. Auchincloss, Christopher B. Forrest, and Ana V. Diez Roux. "The built and social neighborhood environment and child obesity: A systematic review of longitudinal studies." Preventive Medicine 153 (December 2021): 106790. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106790.

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Perdue, Wendy Collins, Alice Ammerman, and Sheila Fleischhacker. "Assessing Competencies for Obesity Prevention and Control." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 37, S1 (2009): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2009.00390.x.

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Obesity is the result of people consistently consuming more calories than they expend. A complex interaction of social and environmental conditions affects both energy consumption and physical activity levels. These conditions include, but are not limited to the following factors: the availability of affordable and healthy food; price disparities between healthy and less healthy foods; access to or perceived safety of recreation facilities; and the conduciveness of the physical environment to active modes of transportation, such as walking and biking. As outlined in the “Assessing Laws and Leg

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Ellaway, Anne, Ruth Dundas, Jonathan Olsen, and Paul Shiels. "Perceived Neighbourhood Problems over Time and Associations with Adiposity." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 9 (2018): 1854. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091854.

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There is growing interest in understanding which aspects of the local environment influence obesity. Using data from the longitudinal West of Scotland Twenty-07 study (n = 2040) we examined associations between residents’ self-reported neighbourhood problems, measured over a 13-year period, and nurse-measured body weight and size (body mass index, waist circumference, waist–hip ratio) and percentage body fat. We also explored whether particular measures such as abdominal obesity, postulated as a marker for stress, were more strongly related to neighbourhood conditions. Using life course models

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Grace, Samuel G. "Obesity: a sociological guide for health practitioners." Australian Journal of Primary Health 26, no. 5 (2020): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py20100.

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Obesity is a condition of excess body fat that has been identified as one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. Obesity is a leading preventable cause of death globally and increases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and various cancers. Obesity worldwide has tripled in the adult population over the past 40 years, with 13% of the world’s adult population now obese, leading to calls for control of a global obesity epidemic. Causes of obesity can be delineated at individual, societal and systemic levels, highlighting the need for analysis that transcend

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Crossman, Ashley, Deborah Anne Sullivan, and Mary Benin. "The family environment and American adolescents’ risk of obesity as young adults." Social Science & Medicine 63, no. 9 (2006): 2255–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.027.

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Seidell, Jacob C., and Jutka Halberstadt. "National and Local Strategies in the Netherlands for Obesity Prevention and Management in Children and Adolescents." Obesity Facts 13, no. 4 (2020): 418–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000509588.

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<b><i>Background:</i></b> As in many other countries around the world, the Netherlands has a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children. About 1 in 7 of children aged 2–19 years has either overweight or obesity. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> In this paper the national and local activities aimed at the prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents in the Netherlands are reviewed. It is recommended to, nationally as well as locally, take an integrated-systems approach that tackles the obesogenic food environment as well as up

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Nieuwendyk, L. M., A. P. Belon, H. Vallianatos, et al. "How perceptions of community environment influence health behaviours: using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity Framework as a mechanism for exploration." Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 36, no. 9 (2016): 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.36.9.01.

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Introduction Overweight and obesity are influenced by a complex interplay of individual and environmental factors that affect physical activity and healthy eating. Nevertheless, little has been reported on people’s perceptions of those factors. Addressing this critical gap and community partner needs, this study explored how people perceived the influence of micro- and macroenvironmental factors on physical activity and healthy eating. Methods Community partners wanted the study results in a format that would be readily and easily used by local decision makers. We used photovoice to engage 35

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Li, Kelin, Ming Wen, and Kevin Henry. "Residential Racial Composition and Black-White Obesity Risks: Differential Effects of Neighborhood Social and Built Environment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11, no. 1 (2014): 626–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100626.

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Romantsova, T. I. "Epidemiya ozhireniya: ochevidnye i veroyatnye prichiny." Obesity and metabolism 8, no. 1 (2011): 5–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.14341/2071-8713-5186.

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Obesity and obesity-related disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, has become a global epidemic. Although there is abundant evidence that diet and exercise are key factors in the obesity epidemic, it is equally clear that a variety of environmental factors play an important role in this process. These include such factors as gut flora, insufficient sleep, stress, social environment, maternal influences, endocrine disrupters and others. These factors target key hormonal signaling pathways involved in adipogenesis, regulation of appetite. They are also likely to play important roles in obesity epid

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Racheva, Mihaela. "Media and Communication Strategies Supporting Parents and Children in COVID-19 Pandemic Environment." Postmodernism Problems 11, no. 2 (2021): 170–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.46324/pmp2102170.

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The article addresses the social and emotional problems of children and students during the isolation that transformed the lives of children, parents, and society. Emphasis is placed on the need to support parents and train them in skills that will be useful in the fight against childhood obesity in Bulgaria (based on media and communication strategies) in the context of the COVID-19.

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Jasper, Phillip, Adam Hoover, and Eric Muth. "Determining the Utility of a Laboratory Eating Paradigm to Explore Social Eating." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 60, no. 1 (2016): 1120–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601263.

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According to a recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, overweight and obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States. Researchers are increasingly engaged in exploring eating behavior with the goals of trying to understand what elements of eating behavior might lead to overweight and obesity and applying knowledge from these studies to encourage people to engage in healthy eating behaviors. The purpose of the current study was to determine the utility of a new laboratory eating paradigm that attempts to create a natural social eating environment while maintaining th

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Fitzpatrick, Caroline, Stephanie Alexander, Melanie Henderson, and Tracie A. Barnett. "Prospective Associations Between Play Environments and Pediatric Obesity." American Journal of Health Promotion 33, no. 4 (2018): 541–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117118807211.

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Purpose: To identify school typologies based on the availability of play equipment and installations. We also examined the associations between availability of play items and child adiposity. Design: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data. Setting: Elementary schools in Montreal, Canada. Participants: We used data from the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth study (QUALITY), an ongoing investigation of the natural history of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Quebec children of Caucasian descent. Measures: The presence of play items was assessed in each child’s school. A trained n

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Cairns, Georgina, and Martine Stead. "Session 5: Nutrition communication Obesity and social marketing: works in progress." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 68, no. 1 (2008): 11–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665108008768.

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Internationally, socio-economic trends reinforce the complex physiological mechanisms that favour positive energy balance, leading to an accumulation of excess body weight and associated metabolic disorders. This so-called ‘obesogenic environment’ is characterised by increasing accessibility and affordability of energy-dense foods and declining levels of physical activity. In the face of such rapidly-rising obesity rates there is general consensus that strategies to address trends in weight gain must go forwards in the absence of complete evidence of cause or effective prevention strategy. Thu

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Giles-Corti, Billie, Sally Macintyre, Johanna P. Clarkson, Terro Pikora, and Robert J. Donovan. "Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Perth, Australia." American Journal of Health Promotion 18, no. 1 (2003): 93–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-18.1.93.

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Purpose. To examine associations between environmental and lifestyle factors and overweight or obesity. Design. A cross-sectional survey and an environmental scan of recreational facilities. Setting. Metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. Subjects. Healthy sedentary workers and homemakers aged 18 to 59 years (n = 1803) living in areas within the top and bottom quintiles of social disadvantage. Measures. Four lifestyle factors, one social environmental factor, and five physical environment factors (three objectively measured). Results. After adjustment for demographic factors and other variable

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Kochman, Dorota, and Danuta Wojciechowska. "Satysfakcja z życia w grupie młodzieży przez pryzmat zaburzeń w zakresie masy ciała." Innowacje w Pielęgniarstwie 5, no. 2 (2020): 76–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.21784/iwp.2020.010.

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Admission. In recent years can be seen propensity for weight disorders among school children and adolescents. It can be said that this phenomenon is intensifying from year to year. One such phenomenon is the constant spending time on the computer or mobile phone which leads to uprising excessive body weight. The second is the pursuit of excellence as a result of promoting too perfect appearance in the media through it children and adolescents lead to weight deficiency. Both of these behaviours very often cause serious physical and mental health disorders. Aim. Thesis purpose is analysis of lif

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Cauchi, Daniel, Harry Rutter, and Cecile Knai. "An obesogenic island in the Mediterranean: mapping potential drivers of obesity in Malta." Public Health Nutrition 18, no. 17 (2015): 3211–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015000476.

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AbstractObjectiveThe prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in Malta is among the highest in the world. Although increasingly recognised as a public health problem with substantial future economic implications for the national health and social care systems, understanding the context underlying the burden of obesity is necessary for the development of appropriate counter-strategies.DesignWe conducted a contextual analysis to explore factors that may have potentially contributed to the establishment of an obesogenic environment in Malta. A search of the literature published between 1990 and

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Mathieu-Bolh, Nathalie. "COULD OBESITY BE CONTAGIOUS? SOCIAL INFLUENCE, FOOD CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR, AND BODY WEIGHT OUTCOMES." Macroeconomic Dynamics 24, no. 8 (2019): 1924–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100519000051.

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This paper contributes to explaining the obesity epidemic and finding a potential remedy. We build a theoretical model of food consumption decisions that accounts for social influence. In our model, individuals’ rationality is affected by an endogenous social weight norm, which influences their calorie consciousness and perceived survival chances. Individuals are conformist, and the degree of conformism describes the extent to which individuals’ discounted utility is influenced by the social weight norm. With an endogenous social weight norm reflecting a heavier and heavier average body weight

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