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Obesity and the environment aims to look at the different environmental factors that researchers worldwide have determined cause and perpetuate obesity. Obesity is a condition in which a person's weight is higher than what is considered healthy for their height, and is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide.
Lake believes that obesity is a global concern. [6] She has investigated how to address obesity through spatial planning; including planning policy, development control and redesigning the built environment. [7] She believes that urban designers have as much of a responsibility in managing obesity as nutritionists. [8]
"Built environment" as a term was coined in the 1980s, becoming widespread in the 1990s [12] and places the concept in direct contrast to the supposedly "unbuilt" environment. [15] The term describes a wide range of fields that form an interdisciplinary concept that has been accepted as an idea since classical antiquity [ 16 ] and potentially ...
Whilst diet, obesity and level of physical activity contribute to risk, it was unclear how environmental exposures impact risk. She based her research on young people enrolled on the Growing Up Today Study, and included data on chemical stressors, physical stressors and features of the built environment. Her research has shown that exposure to ...
Much of her research focuses on issues related to ethnicity, disparities and development of obesity over the lifecycle, with attention to pathways linking environment and behavior to cardiometabolic risk. She has published on obesity as a multifactorial disease, [9] neighborhood factors, [10] and trends in obesity. [11]
The National Obesity Observatory (NOO) was a publicly funded body that is part of a network of Public Health Observatories across Britain and Ireland. It published data, information, and intelligence related to obesity, overweight, and their underlying causes. NOO is now part of Public Health England who now carry out their work.
Reid Ewing and Robert Cervero. "Travel and the Built Environment: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of the American Planning Association. [19] Reid Ewing, Gail Meakins, Shima Hamidi, and Arthur C.Nelson. "Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity – Update and refinement". Journal of Health & Place. [20] Reid Ewing.
[4] [5] He is Chair of the Board of Center for Active Design, a nonprofit organization supports public health by increasing opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating through the design of the built environment, established in 2012 as a key initiatives from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Obesity Taskforce. Mr.