A Direct Assessment of “Obesogenic”Built Environments: Challenges and Recommendations

This paper outlines the challenges faced during direct built environment (BE) assessments of 42 Canadian communities of various income and urbanization levels. In addition, we recommend options for overcoming such challenges during BE community assessments. Direct BE assessments were performed utili...

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Main Authors: Danijela Gasevic, Ina Vukmirovich, Salim Yusuf, Koon Teo, Clara Chow, Gilles Dagenais, Scott A. Lear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/161574