Obesogenic Environments: exploring the built and food environments.

Environments
1. The effects the environment has on health can take a number of forms, from physiological and emotional to social, spiritual and intellectual wellbeing
2. The environment can be related to health through
  1. Its physical design (the built environment)
  2. The socio-cultural rules that govern these environments
  3. The socio-economic status of these environments.
Food and Nutritition Environments
1. The food environment can include availability and accessibility to food as well as food advertising and marketing
  1. Food for home consumption from supermarkets and grocery shops
  2. Ready-made food for home and out-of-home consumption from restaurants and take-aways
Measuring the obesogenic environments
1. The methods which have been used are inconsistent, and vary across studies. Methods for assessing the built environment varied from indirect measures
Future Work
1. Reducing obesity and improving nutrition are high on the public health agenda, as set out by the recent White Paper
2. Obesity, once developed, is difficult to treat, and prevention programmes aimed at children and adolescents are considered a high priority as there is a high risk of obesity persisting into adulthood
3. The work will meet the following objectives
  1. To record the dietary intake and physical activity levels of a crosssectional sample of 16–18-year-olds
  2. To explore qualitatively specific factors related to their environment and urban space which enhance and limit their healthy food choices and physical activity
Built Environments
1. Physical design
2. Land use patterns (residential, commercial, office, industrial, and other activities)
3. Transportation systems

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